A composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian "gymnopediste" of fin-de-siecle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as "The Velvet Gentleman," Erik Satie cut a unique figure among early twentieth-century European composers. Yet his legacy has largely languished in the shadows of Stravinsky, Debussy, and Ravel. Mary E. Davis now brings Satie to life in this fascinating new biography.
Satie redefined the composer's art, devising new methods of artistic expression that melded ordinary and rarified elements of words, visual art, and music. Davis argues that Satie's...
A composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian "gymnopediste" of fin-de-siecle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as "The Velvet Ge...
