thanks for the information! i didn't know much about satie, so this is good to read. will look into more.
satie was funny. he and debussy have some remarkable similarities. seems that they were stretching the borders of music.i loved the quotes above that, too, bernhard. you're a philospher and poet yourself. i kinda wonder how many musicians are truly scientists, though. it seems they are few and far between, and their music is more 'mechanical.' but, that's ok. it's interesting to see how music is like science and probably can be measured today in a way that satie never dreamed. can you imagine if he lived today?