May 17: Birthday of Erik Satie (1866–1925).
I first met Satie as a high school student, through Yuji Takahashi's delicate Gymnopédie. Listening to it now brings back the air of the room where I once played that cassette tape. Gymnopédie No. 1 (Yuji Takahashi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBpbIZGZm28 A college friend once said, "When I l
I first met Satie as a high school student, through Yuji Takahashi's delicate Gymnopédie. Listening to it now brings back the air of the room where I once played that cassette tape.
Gymnopédie No. 1 (Yuji Takahashi): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBpbIZGZm28
A college friend once said, "When I listen to Satie, my room seems to clean itself." That comment stayed with me. After all, Satie himself described some of his works as musique d'ameublement — furniture music, meant to blend into a room