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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Erik Satie (1866-1925)

Composer of the Week: Erik Satie (1866-1925): Episode 5: Le Maitre

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Episode 5: Le Maitre

Le Maitre

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Erik Satie (1866-1925), Le Maitre

Donald Macleod focuses on Satie's momentous last decade.

Donald Macleod focuses on Satie's momentous last decade. With two rare fanfares for trumpet and the remarkable Entr'acte cinematographique.

By the early 1920s, Satie was the toast of Paris. Having been spotted by the legendary impresario Jean Cocteau, he found himself working with the likes of Picasso and hailed by a new generation as "the Prince Of Musicians". The composer had also invented "furniture music" - designed to work unnoticed as interior decoration, a little like modern muzak.

Donald Macleod introduces Satie's momentous last decade, featuring two rare fanfares for trumpet and a song written in memory of the composer's greatest friend and colleague, Claude Debussy. The week ends with Satie's remarkable Entr'acte Cinematographique, the first ever film music to be written frame-by-frame, and a startling precursor of minimalism.

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of the engimatic composer Erik Satie

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Erik Satie, arguably one of the most peculiar, enigmatic and misunderstood figures in musical history

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