Satie
works / piano



Allegro (9-9-1884)

     9 bars
     written on holiday in Honfleur


Valse-Ballet (1885)

     salon piece (Orledge 268)


Fantasie-Valse (1885)

     salon piece (Orledge 268)


(4) Ogives (1886)


(3) Sarabandes (1887)

     owe a debt to Chabrier (TCFM 130)
     anticipated by 14 years...Debussy...Bruneau (Myers 19)


Trois Gymnopedies (1888)

     orchestrated by Debussy


Chanson Hongroise (1889)

     unfinished sketch


Gnossiennes

     trois - 1890
     #4 - 1891
     #5 - 1889
     #6 - 1897

     first pieces to be written in bar-less notation (Myers 71)
     bathed in a mixture of Orientalism and Gregorian Mysticism
     orientally tinged (TCFM 130)
     inspired by Flaubert's "Salammbo" (Hill 356)


Trois Preludes (1891)

Danses Gothiques (1893)

Vexations (c.1893)

     840-times repeated passage

Modere (1893)

Prelude a la Porte Heroique du Ciel (1894)

     one of his finest works of his Rose-Croix period (Orledge 45)

     is one of the warmest and least aloof of the Rose-Croix works (Orledge 45 Gowers)

Pieces Froides (1897)

The Dreamy Fish (1901)

     an unconvincing piece, especially in its control of tonality (Orledge 55)

     static, confused piece / more of an interesting experiment than a performable piece (Orledge 55)

     serious piece into which S. infused the rhythmic idiom of popular music

Poudre d'or (c.1901)

Je Te Veux (1904) (song, 1897)
     
     piano solo version published in 1904 (Whiting 218)

Le Piccadilly (c.1904)

     march for piano with early Ragtime influence (Orledge SR xxix)

Avant Dernieres Pensees (1915)

          Idylle (ded. to Debussy)

          Aubade (ded. to Dukas)

          Meditation (ded. to Roussel)

Passacaille (1906)

Veritables Preludes Flasques "Flabby Preludes" (1912)

     premiere - Apr 5 1913 (Orledge 170)

     severely contrapuntal in style (Myers 77)

Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (1913)

Chapitres tournes en tous sens (1913)

Enantines (1913)

          using 5-finger scales

          published 1914

     Menus Propos Enfantins     Oct 10     
"Childish Small Talk"

     Enfantillages Pittoresques     Oct 22     
"Picturesque Child's Play"

     Peccadilles Importunes     Oct 26     
"Annoying Offenses"

Descriptions Automatiques     1913     
"Automatic Descriptions"

     Sur un viasseu     "About a boat"

     Sur une lanterne     "About a lantern"

     Sur un casque     "About a helmet"

Embryons Desseches     1913     
"Dried Up Embryoes"

(Les) Pantins Dansent     1914

Sports et Divertessements     1914

          drawings - Charles Martin (1884-1934)

     premiere - 1922

     Milhaud considers [S.e.D.] to be one of the most characteristic
 works of the modern French School     
Myers 85

     [E.S.] here proves himself an artist of the finest
 quality, working to a scale which in itself would be a
 handicap
 
          to most writers, let alone musicians     
Myers 90

Vieux Sequins et Vieilles Cuirasses     1914     
"Antique gold and ancient armor"

Heures Seculaires et Instantanees     1914     
"Times of Day, Then and Now"

     Obstacles Venimeux

     Crepuscule Matinale (de midi)

     Affolements Granitiques

Les Trois Valses distinguees du precieux degoute
     1914

Avant-dernieres pensees     1915

Sonatine Bureaucratique     1917

(5) Nocturnes     1919

          (1) Aug (2) Sep (3) Oct (4) Oct (5) Nov

     in a sense the natural corollary of Socrate     
Myers 92

     Gillmor 229

          haunting melodies

          closely related to Socrate in style and spirit

Premier Menuet     1920

La Belle Excentrique

     ohuvre posthume / reduction pour piano seul par l'auteur

          Editions Max Eschig / 1994

Reveries Nocturnes

Songe-Creux