Satie, Erik : Avant-dernières pensées

This new, completely revised and reset centenary edition of Satie?s complete piano music in three volumes has returned to Satie?s manuscripts and first editions to give pianists completely accurate and reliable texts to play from. As well as presenting every piece for piano solo or piano reduction that Satie published, this edition also includes some previously unknown pieces, like the Petite Sonate that he wrote for Vincent d?Indy at the Schola Cantorum, as well as some interesting first versions of well-known pieces, like San Bernardo, a trial version of Españaña (1913) and the markedly different first version of Les Pantins dansent (1914). In addition, there areexamples of the different types of exercises that Satie completed at the Schola between 1905 and 1912, some extra trial Enfantines, and some earlier drafts of his famous Sports et divertissements. To help pianists, suggested metronome marks have been added throughout, and there are also some performance suggestions for the Rose Croix pieces of the 1890s, which otherwise appear to be all quiet and slow. The notation has been made as user-friendly as possible, without detracting from Satie?s concerns about the ?extériorisation? of his musical thought in print.

The atmospheric cycle Avant-Dernières Pensées (Next-to-last Thoughts) of 1915 with its underlaid words likewise belongs to Satie?s ?story pieces?. The curious performance instructions in these three miniatures all based on ostinato figures amusingly lampoon the ideal of Romantic expressiveness.This Urtext edition faithfully adheres to the sources and reflects the latest findings of Satie scholarship. It contains translations of all of Satie?s French texts practical page-turns notes on performance practice by Satie specialist Steffen Schleiermacher and informative Forewords. The piece ranges from an easy tomoderate level of difficulty and provides an ideal additional varied repertoire for teaching purposes.Urtext edition based on all the sources and latest research findings.Easy to moderately difficult pieces.Ideal for teaching purposes.Optimum page-turns.Translations of all of Satie?s French texts (Ger/Eng).Notes on performance practice (Ger/Eng).Informative Forewords (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentaries (Eng)