Erik Satie Biography

Erik Satie biography

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NAME: Erik Satie
OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Pianist
BIRTH DATE: May 17, 1866
DEATH DATE: July 01, 1925
EDUCATION: Paris Conservatoire
PLACE OF BIRTH: Honfleur, France
PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
Originally: Eric Alfred Leslie Satie

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French composer Erik Satie was lauded as a forerunner of modern music. His music represents the first definite break with 19th-century French Romanticism.

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Erik Satie became associated with the Rosicrucian movement in about 1890 and wrote several works under its influence. He began to gain prominence in 1911, when he was lauded as a forerunner of modern music; his admirers included Claude Debussy, Jean Cocteau, and the group of composers known as Les Six. Satie's music represents the first definite break with 19th-century French Romanticism.