Satie: Gnossiennes Piano Solo Category_Sound Effects Book 1 offers a wonderful

Book 1 offers a wonderful introduction to the timeless masterpieces of the great composers

Volume IV will contain those sonatas that are found only in hand-written sources

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Satie: Gnossiennes Piano Solo Category_Sound Effects Book 1 offers a wonderfulLike the "Gymnopdies", the "Gnossiennes" also allude to ancient Greek traditions. Perhaps inspired by the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Satie made use of oriental ornamentation. With his subtle intuition for musical tendencies that were "en vogue", he combined exotic elements with influences from cabaret music and, of course, his own ideas to create something very new. Several of the "Gnossiennes" take one by surprise on account of puzzling