Baerenreiter Verlag Gnossiennes - Satie/Rosteck - Piano - Book

Composer: Erik Satie
Editor: Jens Rosteck
Format: Book, Urtext Edition
Instrumentation: Piano

• Urtext edition with new variant readings
• For the first time "Gnossienne No. 7" presented in its authentic form
• Translations of all Satie's performance instructions (Ger/Eng)
• With practical suggestions for performance (Ger/Eng) by Steffen Schleiermacher

Between 1889 and 1897 Satie composed a series of piano pieces. He gave these the eccentric title "Gnossiennes" and provided consciously ironic performance instructions in which he satirized the excessive gestures of Romantic piano playing.

This Baerenreiter Urtext edition offers new variant readings and presents "Gnossienne No. 7" in its authentic form for the first time. Like the "Gymnopedies", the "Gnossiennes" are particularly suitable for piano teaching because of their easy to medium difficulty level. Suggestions for performance are given by the Satie specialist Steffen Schleiermacher. In addition a detailed foreword by the distinguished musicologist Jens Rosteck provides valuable information on the background to the composition, its significance and interpretation.

Contents:

• Preface
• Notes on Performance Practice
• Glossary
• Gnossiennes:
  • Gnossienne No. 1
  • Gnossienne No. 2
  • Gnossienne No. 3
  • [4eme Gnossienne]
  • [5eme] Gnossienne
  • [6eme] Gnossienne
  • [7eme] Gnossienne
• Critical Commentary