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Unheard works by Erik Satie to premiere 100 years after his death

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198 points gripewater | 3 comments | 28 Jun 25 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.643s | source
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crabl ◴[28 Jun 25 14:19 UTC] No.44404888[source]▶
Ian Penman wrote a fantastic biography of Satie, published earlier this year. Worth a read! He was a profoundly strange and fascinating person: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781635902532/erik-satie-three-piec...
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pyman ◴[28 Jun 25 15:18 UTC] No.44405294[source]▶
Is he remembered for his personality or his music? I'm asking because I find it fascinating how some music from 100 years ago still holds value today.
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1. leptons ◴[28 Jun 25 17:53 UTC] No.44406704[source]▶
He is primarily remembered for his music. Most people know some of his compositions but don't even know who wrote it. Gymnopédie is still used all over the place today in ads, remixes, and everywhere else - but few know who composed it, and even fewer know about his eccentric personality.

But apparently hackernews loves to point out how "weird" he was.

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2. pyman ◴[28 Jun 25 22:18 UTC] No.44408645[source]▶
I see. Thanks for the info.
3. touggourt ◴[28 Jun 25 22:20 UTC] No.44408661[source]▶
Various musicien like to play his music. Here's Gnossienne N°1 in a Gipsy Jazz style, by the Beltuner group in 2005 https://beltuner.bandcamp.com/track/gnossienne-n-1