Satie expressly opposed the notion that audiences should be advised of the many remarks and running commentaries he furnished his scores with, intending them only for the performer's amusement.
Composition History
The 'V6ritables prdludes flasques' were written in 1912 at the behest of the publisher Demetz.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Satie formulated a fundamental maxim about the composer's role: 'L'artiste n'a pas le droit de disposer inutilement du temps de son auditeur' (The artist has not the right to waste the listener's time).
Composer's Artistic Vision
Composer Maurice Ravel summed up Satie's importance by saying Satie had an 'inventor's mind par excellence,' always opening new paths of experimentation.
Composer Biography
Erik Satie, a bizarre loner of Parisian musical life, always carried an umbrella, a detail that publishers noted when they began to take interest in his work.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Satie loved to mystify his audience with peculiar titles and generally wrote his miniatures in groups of three.
