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The story behind Erik Satie's musical gem, “Gymnopédies”

4/9/2020

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Erik Satie was one of the talented French composers known for “Trois Gymnopédies” or “The Gymnopédies”. The Gymnopédies” is a renown collection of a three-piano composition that carved its own niche in the fascinating history of classical piano pieces. 

Satie's popularity started diminishing unfortunately due to financial troubles and Claude Debussy (another maestro) stepped out of the scene to help Satie. Debussy, with the gift of evaluation and rare aesthetic touch, orchestrated the first and third version and then reversed the numbering ending in such a way that Satie’s third became Debussy’s first, and vice versa. This rearranged score ended into an innovative piece that had drawn much public attention when published in 1898 and had been an orchestral phenomenon! 

“The Gymnopédies” has been used extensively across several television shows, album remixes and notable movies as a celebration of Satie's works and his aesthetic musical authority.

To read more, click this link: https://galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/learn-about-gymnopedies-by-erik-satie
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Study the built legacy of Frederic Chopin's "Nocturnes"

4/1/2020

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Fredric Chopin was one of the premiere maestros in the history of concert repertoire, greatly known for his “Nocturnes”. 

"Nocturnes" is a renown collection of 21 unique pieces crafted for solo piano works. It is said to be a culmination of pieces that are tuneful and lyrical, some are aggressive in contrast, others are animated and some cantabile are distinctly melancholic, a crucial characteristic's of Chopin's overly romanticized, often encompassing classical heart.

He has been an ardent follower of John Field, but eventually established his own compositional brilliance and musical innovation that eventually influenced the likes of Wagner, Brahms, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Liszt! 

Learn more about Chopin’s free-flowing rhythm technique at:
https://galaxymusicnotes.com/pages/learn-about-a-collection-of-nocturnes-by-frederic-chopin
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