Whiting, Steven Moore - Satie the Bohemian

The composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) came of age in the bohemian sub-culture of Montmartre, with its artists' cabarets and cafes-concerts. These colourful milieux decisively shaped his aesthetic priorities and compositional strategies, from the esoteric Gymnopedies of the 1880s to the avant-garde ballets of the 1920s. This radical transvaluation of received artistic values makes far better sense once placed in this fascinating context.

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CONTENTS

Introduction
Part I: Cafe-Concert, Music-Hall, Cabaret
1 The Cafe-Concert
2 From Caf'Conc' to Music-Hall
3 The Cabaret Artistique
Part II: Satie's Involvement in Popular Milieux
4 Satie at the Chat Noir
5 Satie and the Divan Japonais
6 Satie at the Auberge du Clou
7 From the Auberge du Clou to Arcueil
8 Satie and Hyspa
9 Of Pantomimes and Pears
10 Waltz, Cakewalk, Theatre Song
Part III: From Cabaret to Concert Hall
11 Satie's Humouristic Works for Piano
12 From Chanson to Melodie and Back
13 The Composer as Playwright
14 Autour de Cocteau, or The Uses of Popular Music
15 On revient toujours: Satie's Last Ballets
List of Sources Cited
Index

Series	Oxford Monographs on Music