As I was playing Gymnopedie No. 1, my piano teacher suggested that the addition of natural ambiences such as rain sounds would create the most calming and relaxing experience ever. I was then motivated to create such atmosphere. I started compiling six of the most beautiful rendition of the piece. Since then, this work of art itself has been calming me for the past weeks and is helping me to cope with my anxiety. It is truly a stress relief…
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Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie:
17:25 — Katsuhiro Oguri www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP1fB-eXHBU
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* The Gymnopédies, published in Paris starting in 1888, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.
These short, atmospheric pieces are written in 3/4 time, with each sharing a common theme and structure. Collectively, the Gymnopédies are regarded as an important precursor to modern ambient music — gentle yet somewhat eccentric pieces which, when composed, defied the classical tradition.[citation needed] For instance, the first few bars of Gymnopédie No. 1 consist of an alternating progression of two major seventh chords, the first on the subdominant, G, and the second on the tonic, D.
The melodies of the pieces use deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, which are to play each piece «painfully», «sadly» or «gravely».
From the second half of the 20th century on, the Gymnopédies were often erroneously described as part of Saties body of furniture music, perhaps because of John Cages interpretation of them.
* Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (pronounced: [eʁik sati]) (signed his name Erik Satie after 1884) (17 May 1866, Honfleur — 1 July 1925, Paris) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.
An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a «gymnopedist» in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a «phonometrician» (meaning «someone who measures sounds») preferring this designation to that of a «musician», after having been called «a clumsy but subtle technician» in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911.
In addition to his body of music, Satie also left a remarkable set of writings, having contributed work for a range of publications, from the dadaist 391 to the American culture chronicle Vanity Fair. Although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, in the late nineteenth century he appears to have used pseudonyms such as Virginie Lebeau and François de Paule in some of his published writings.
00:00:00 3 Sarabandes (1887): No. 1
00:05:33 3 Sarabandes (1887): No. 2
00:10:33 3 Sarabandes (1887): No. 3
00:14:47 3 Gymnopédies (1889): No. 1: Lent et douloureux
00:18:27 3 Gymnopédies (1889): No. 2: Lent et triste
00:21:45 3 Gymnopédies (1889): No. 3: Lent et grave
00:24:37 Gnossiennes 1-3 (1890): No. 1
00:28:45 Gnossiennes 1-3 (1890): No. 2
00:30:45 Gnossiennes 1-3 (1890): No. 3
00:34:11 Gnossiennes 4-6 (1889-1897): No. 4
00:37:02 Gnossiennes 4-6 (1889-1897): No. 5
00:39:53 Gnossiennes 4-6 (1889-1897): No. 6
00:41:26 2 Préludes du Nazaréen (1892): No. 1, assez lent
00:46:09 2 Préludes du Nazaréen (1892): No. 2, assez lent
00:49:15 Prélude de la porte, Héroique du Ciel (1894)
00:53:00 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 1: Airs a faire fuir: D’une manière très particulaire
00:55:59 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 1: Airs a faire fuir: Modestemente
00:57:42 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 1: Airs a faire fuir: S’inviter
01:00:44 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 2: Danses de travers: En y regardent à deux fois
01:01:38 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 2: Danses de travers: Passer
01:02:25 2 Pièces Froides (1897): No. 2: Danses de travers: Encore
01:03:47 Petite ouverture à danser (1900)
01:05:18 Poudre dOr, valse (1902)
01:09:53 Le Piccadilly (1904)
01:11:24 Véritables préludes flasques (1912): Sévere reprimande
01:12:07 3 Véritables préludes flasques (1912): Seul a la maison
01:13:16 3 Véritables préludes flasques (1912): On jou
01:14:02 Chapitres tournés en tous sens (1913): Celui qui parle trop
01:15:05 Chapitres tournés en tous sens (1913): Le porteur de grosses pierres
01:17:22 Chapitres tournés en tous sens (1913): Regrets des enfermés
01:18:58 3 Descriptions automatiques (1913): Sur un vaisseau
01:20:31 3 Descriptions automatiques (1913): Sur une lanterne
01:22:22 3 Descriptions automatiques (1913): Sur un casque
01:23:18 Embryons desséchés (1913): D’Holothurie
01:25:30 Embryons desséchés (1913): d’Edriopthalma
01:27:30 Embryons desséchés (1913): de Podophthalma
01:29:14 Heures séculaires et instantanées (1914): Obstacles venimeux
01:30:55 Heures séculaires et instantanées (1914): Crépuscule matinal (de midi)
01:32:09 Heures séculaires et instantanées (1914): Affolements grantiques
01:33:04 Sports et divertissements (1914): Choral inappétissant
01:33:52 Sports et divertissements (1914): La balançoire
01:34:32 Sports et divertissements (1914): La chasse
01:34:50 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le comédie italienne
01:35:25 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le réveil de la mariée
01:35:52 Sports et divertissements (1914): Colin-Maillard
01:36:28 Sports et divertissements (1914): La pêche
01:37:09 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le yachting
01:38:01 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le bain de mer
01:38:31 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le carnaval
01:38:58 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le golf
01:39:30 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le pieuvre
01:39:57 Sports et divertissements (1914): Les courses
01:40:19 Sports et divertissements (1914): Les quatre-coins
01:40:58 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le pique-nique
01:41:22 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le waterchute
01:41:59 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le tango
01:43:04 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le traineau
01:43:27 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le flirt
01:44:01 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le feu d’artifice
01:44:24 Sports et divertissements (1914): Le tennis
01:45:00 3 Valses distinguées du précieux dégoute (1914): Sa taille
01:45:54 3 Valses distinguées du précieux dégoute (1914): Son bincole
01:47:14 3 Valses distinguées du précieux dégoute (1914): Ses jambes
01:48:08 Avant-dernières pensées (1915): Idylle
01:49:21 Avant-dernières pensées (1915): Aubade
01:50:54 Avant-dernières pensées (1915): Méditation
01:51:53 Sonatine buraucratique (1917)
01:55:50 Nocturnes (1919): Doux et calme
01:58:58 Nocturnes (1919): Simplement
02:01:02 Nocturnes (1919): Un peu mouvementé
02:04:04 Nocturnes (1919): No. 4
02:06:31 Nocturnes (1919): No. 5