Satie the Bohemian: From Cabaret to Concert Hall

ISBN-13: 9780198164586 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 612 str.

Stephen Moore Whiting; Steven M. Whiting

Opis

The composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) came of age in the bohemian sub-culture of Montmartre, with its artists' cabarets and cafes-concerts. These colorful milieux decisively shaped his aesthetic priorities and compositional strategies, from the esoteric Gymnopedies of the 1880s to the avant-garde ballets of the 1920s. Whiting makes this radical transvaluation of received artistic values more understandable by placing it in the full context of bohemian Montmartre.
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Recenzje

One by one, illuminated in the clear light of professor Whiting's brilliant scholarship, there emerge the shadowy figures who influenced Satie during the 20-odd years he spent as a pub pianist in the smoke-filled bars of Montmartre. Whiting elaborates his thesis with a magnificent displayof erudition conveyed in lucid, elegant prose. This is a splendid book, valuable to anyone interested in French popular culture. - James Harding, BBC Music - August 1999