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Offline richbatsford

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Saticity - my tribute to Erik Satie
on: October 21, 2015, 10:10:51 AM
hi Folks, Dont know how many of you guys were influenced as I was, by Satie? (not to mention Ravel, Debussy and Poulenc - what an era for French piano music!).

Recently, I wrote a new piece which, of all my music reminds me most of the music of Satie and so I gave it the name “Saticity” (I also intended a double meaning in the similarity to the word “satiety” carrying the meaning of satisfaction, sufficiency, and repletion).

Ive put together a video for my piece, and I found the perfect visual accompaniment when I discovered that Satie was friends with some amazing artists including Francis Picabia, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp. So, please do have a look/listen and let me know what you think, warm wishes, Rich
https://youtu.be/JARqSrQu-4U
listen to my music for free at www.richbatsford.com/music or on facebook at https://artist.to/richbatsford/

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Re: Saticity - my tribute to Erik Satie
Reply #1 on: October 21, 2015, 10:21:55 AM

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Re: Saticity - my tribute to Erik Satie
Reply #2 on: October 21, 2015, 10:48:00 PM
lol - thanks  ::) :D
listen to my music for free at www.richbatsford.com/music or on facebook at https://artist.to/richbatsford/

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Re: Saticity - my tribute to Erik Satie
Reply #3 on: October 25, 2015, 08:04:10 PM
Very nice piece! I am surprised that nobody have asked you for score so far.
Chopin, 10-8 | Chopin, 25-12 | Haydn, HOB XVI:20

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Re: Saticity - my tribute to Erik Satie
Reply #4 on: October 26, 2015, 12:43:37 AM
thanks, glad you like it :)

unfortunately, I dont yet have scores for any of my pieces, tho its certainly something Id like to get on to some day.
listen to my music for free at www.richbatsford.com/music or on facebook at https://artist.to/richbatsford/
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