Erik Satie
Sonatine bureaucratique
Erik Satie
Sonatine bureaucratique
- Instrumentation Piano
- Composer Erik Satie
- Editor Pascal Rogé
- Editor Ulrich Krämer
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- Edition Sheet Music (Urtext)
- Publisher G. Henle Verlag
- Order no. HN1075
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Description:
Although Satie took the classical form as a model for his 'Sonatine', it is quintessentially an ironic work. The composer, who later in life liked to be seen walking through the streets wearing a stiff collar and bowler hat, included lines of text between the staves that describe the day of a typical Parisian bureaucrat. The bureaucrat sits in a chair with green silk sleeve guards and dreams of being promoted. 'Next door a piano is playing Clementi'... and at this point parodied echoes of Clementi's popular Sonatine op. 36/1 can actually be heard. Ulrich Krämer provides knowledgeable background information in the preface to our edition that will enable a better understanding of Satie's work.