Satie: Three Gymnopedies & Three Gnossiennes

Erik Satie was an influential composer of the Parisian avant-garde in the early 20th century. His most treasured works for piano are found here in one book. Each of the three Gymnopedies is written in two sections, with a melodic line formed from a modal scale placed over a rhythmically static accompaniment. There is no motivic or harmonic development. The three Gnossiennes are experimental in form, rhythm, and chordal structure. All are notated in "free time" (i. e. , lacking time signatures and bar lines), although each can easily be considered metric (4/4 time signature).