GYMNOPÉDIE No. 1 - Erik Satie

PIANO PERFORMER: William Binden (Liverpool, England, 2022) TITLE: Gymnopédie No. 1 WORK: Trios Gymnopédies COMPOSER: Erik Satie (1866 – 1925) ORIGIN: France YEAR: 1888 ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS: Claude Debussy, John Cage, Blood Sweat & Tears, Dick Halligan, Sky, Gary Numan, Sweet Female Attitude, Isan, Janet Jackson, Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann, Berlin Philharmonic, Jack DeJohnette, Fernando Perdomo, Fenella Humphreys, PinkPanteress, ‘The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya’ [film] BOOK: A Romantic Sketchbook for Piano, Book IV – ed. Alan Jones (ABRSM) RSL Classical Piano Grade 5, 2021 (Rockschool) Three Gymnopedies for the Piano – Erik Satie (Schirmer Library of Classics, Volume 1869) Three Gymnopedies & Three Gnossiennes for the Piano – Erik Satie (Alfred Masterwork Edition) Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes – Erik Satie (Schirmer Performance Editions) Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes and Other Works for Piano – Erik Satie (Dover Publications) KEY: D major TEMPO: 72 BPM GENRE: Romantic Period LEVEL: Grade 5 EXAM SYLLABUS: RSL Classical (Rockschool) Grade 5 Piano 2021 MTB (Music Teachers’ Board), Grade 5 Piano, free choice piece WIKIPEDIA: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopédies The Gymnopédies, or Trois Gymnopédies, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie. He completed the whole set by 2 April 1888, but they were at first published individually: the first and the third in 1888, the second in 1895.