Erik Satie
Sketches and Provocations of a Portly Wooden Manni

About Erik Satie's Sketches and Provocations of a Portly Wooden Manni

The three movements of the Croquis et agaceries d´un gros bonhomme en bois were composed quickly, in about a week each. The Wooden Manni of the title could refer to a street in the composer´s hometown of Honfleur called rue de l´Homme-de-bois.
When Satie´s Ogives (an early piano work) was performed in 1889, it was advertised as a work by a composer with a wooden head.
No doubt the figure in the title of this 1913 work is the composer himself.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
1. Tyrolienne Turque   by Satie piano sheet music AAB 1. Tyrolienne Turque N/A 1913 8
2. Danse Maigre (à la Manière de Ces Messieurs)   by Satie piano sheet music AAC 2. Danse Maigre (à la Manière de Ces Messieurs) N/A 1913 8
3. Españaña   by Satie piano sheet music AAD 3. Españaña N/A 1913 8