Erik Satie [Hardcover]

James Harding (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd (August 26, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0436191067
• ISBN-13: 978-0436191060
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,072,678 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Cast of Characters, October 12, 2009

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This review is from: Erik Satie (Hardcover)

This excellent biography is rich with the flavor and color of Bohemian Montmartre. Satie lived in Paris, and what a cast of characters he knew there: Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky, Picasso, Cocteau, Faure, Chabrier, Poulenc, Milhaud, Leger, Derain, Braque, and others. Here is his affair with Suzanne Valadon, the mother of artist Maurice Utrillo. His involvements with Socialism and Rosicrucianism. His poverty and his contempt for money and convention. This book is more personal than musical. One does not need a musical background to appreciate this story of the eccentric hermit of Arcueil, who became a cult figure after his death from alcohol.