Description
Titled 'Gold Dust,' this waltz dates from a period when Satie wrote popular music for cafes and salons to make a living. It carries the elegant, flowing melodic style fashionable in Parisian waltzes of the time, occasionally colored by Satie's own harmonic quirks. Sustaining its graceful melodic line through continuous figuration calls for advanced technique and a soft touch.
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About the Composer
Erik Satie (1866-1925)
Erik Satie was a French composer from Honfleur who worked in Montmartre's cabarets while pursuing a highly individual musical aesthetic. Known for spare, understated music and whimsically titled works, he later influenced minimalist and ambient music. This site includes 65 of his works, such as pieces from "Descriptions automatiques" and "Danse maigre."
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