Potter C. (ed.). Erik Satie: Music, Art and Literature

Ashgate, 2013. — 347 p.: ill.Erik Satie (1866-1925) was a quirky, innovative and enigmatic composer whose impact has spread far beyond the musical world. As an artist active in several spheres - from cabaret to religion, from calligraphy to poetry and playwriting - and collaborator with some of the leading avant-garde figures of the day, including Cocteau, Picasso, Diaghilev and Rene Clair, he was one of few genuinely cross-disciplinary composers. His artistic activity, during a tumultuous time in the Parisian art world, situates him in an especially exciting period, and his friendships with Debussy, Stravinsky and others place him at the centre of French musical life. He was a unique figure whose art is immediately recognisable, whatever the medium he employed.Erik Satie: Music, Art and Literature explores many aspects of Satie's creativity to give a full picture of this most multifaceted of composers. The focus is on Satie's philosophy and psychology revealed through his music; Satie's interest in and participation in artistic media other than music, and Satie's collaborations with other artists. This book is therefore essential reading for anyone interested in the French musical and cultural scene of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.List of Figures
List of Musical Examples
Notes on Contributors
Preface and AcknowledgementsRobert Orledge. Satie's Personal Music Logic
Ann-Marie Hanlon. Satie and Meaning of the Comic
Grace Wai Kwan Gates. Satie's Rose-Croix Piano Works
Caroline Potter. Satie as Poet, Playwright and Composer
Simon Shaw-Muller. "The Only Musician with Eyes": Erik Satie and Musical Art
Helena Julia Minors. Exploring Interart Dialogue in Erik Satie's "Sports et divertissements" (1914/ 1922)
Christine Reynolds. Parade: ballet realiste
Pietro Dossena. Collaborative Works in Satie's Last Years
Matthew Mendez. History. Homeopathy and Spiritual Impulse in the Post-war Reception of Satie: Cage, Higgins, Beuys
After Satie: Howard Skempton in Conversation with Caroline PotterRobert Orledge. Chronological Catalogue of Satie's Compositions and Research Guide to the ManuscriptsSelect Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Works