Premier Menuet
The Premier Menuet (First Minuet) is a Neoclassical piano piece by Erik Satie. Written in June 1920, it was his last composition for solo piano. It was published by Les Éditions de La Sirène in 1921.[1]
Description
The piece was inspired by the
The Premier Menuet was premiered by
It is dedicated to Claude Duboscq (1897-1938), one of many young French composers Satie encouraged during and after World War I. He was a former student of the Schola Cantorum and specialized in religious music.
The Premier Menuet has been mentioned along with Socrate and the Nocturnes as representing a short-lived phase (1918 to 1920) in Satie's later output that owed nothing at all to humor,
Recordings
Pianist Aldo Ciccolini recorded the Menuet twice, and there are notable recordings by Jean-Joël Barbier, Olof Höjer, Steffen Schleiermacher, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, and Billy Eidi. In 2007 Michel Rondeau published a chamber arrangement for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn.[9]
References
- ^ "Premier menuet (Satie, Erik) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".
- ^ Olof Höjer, notes to "Erik Satie: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6", Swedish Society Discofil, 1996.
- ^ http://www.musicalobservations.com/publications/satie.html. Paul Zukofsky, "Satie Notes", 2011, revised text of program notes for the 1991 Summergarden Concert Series of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City.
- ^ Meyer's concerts were held at the Salle de La Ville l'Évêque in Paris January 17–31, 1922. The second program was introduced by Georges Auric and had music by Satie, Ravel, Debussy and Chabrier; the third, introduced by Jean Cocteau, featured Satie, Stravinsky, and Les Six (except for Louis Durey, whom Satie disliked). See Zukofsky, "Satie Notes", 2011.
- ^ Zukofsky, "Satie Notes", 2011.
- ^ Höjer, notes to "Erik Satie: The Complete Piano Music, Vol. 6".
- ^ Rollo H. Myers, "Erik Satie", Dover Publications, Inc., NY, 1968, pp. 92, 108. Originally published in 1948 by Denis Dobson Ltd., London.
- ^ French pianist Billy Eidi (with tenor Jean Belliard) maintained this view by recording these three works as a solo disc (Timpani, 2008).
- ^ "Premier menuet (Satie, Erik) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".
External links
- Premier Menuet on YouTube