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The given name Eric is derived from the Old Norse name Eiríkr (or Eríkr in Eastern Scandinavia due to monophthongization). The first element, ei- is derived either from the older Proto-Norse *aina(z) meaning "one" or "alone"^[1] or from Proto-Norse *aiwa(z) meaning "ever" or "eternal".^[2] The second element -ríkr derives either from *rík(a)z meaning "ruler" or "prince" (cf. Gothic reiks) or from an even older Proto-Germanic *ríkiaz which meant "powerful" and "rich".^[3] The name is thus usually taken to mean "one ruler" or "eternal ruler" or "ever powerful," etc.

The most common spelling in Scandinavia is Erik. In Norway, another form of the name (which has kept the Old Norse diphthong) Eirik is also commonly used.^[4] In Finland, the form Erkki is also used. The modern Icelandic version is Eiríkur,^[5][6][7] while the modern Faroese version is Eirikur. Éric is used in French, and in Germany Eric, Erik and Erich are used.^[8]

Although the name was in use in Anglo-Saxon Britain, its use was reinforced by Scandinavian settlers arriving before the Norman Invasion. It was an uncommon name in England until the Middle Ages, when it gained popularity, and finally became a common name in the 19th century. This was partly because of the publishing of the novel Eric, or, Little by Little by Frederick William Farrer in 1858.

The official name day for Erik and Eirik is May 18 in Norway, Sweden and Finland.

People[link]

Danish royalty[link]

• Eric II of Denmark, king of Denmark between 1134 and 1137
• Eric III of Denmark, the king of Denmark from 1137 until he abdicated in 1146
• Eric IV of Denmark, king of Denmark from 1241 until his death
• Eric V of Denmark, son of Christopher I
• Eric VI of Denmark, son of Eric V
• Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar union

Norwegian royalty[link]

• Eric of Pomerania, the hereditary king of Norway
• Eric I of Norway, the second king of Norway
• Eirik II of Norway, the king of Norway from 1280 until 1299
• Eiríkr Hákonarson, earl of Lade, ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria
• Erik the Red, the son of Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson

Swedish royalty[link]

• Alrek and Eirík, two legendary kings of Sweden
• Jorund and Eirik, two legendary kings of Sweden
• Erik Björnsson, one of the sons of Björn Ironside
• Erik Refilsson, Swedish king of the House of Munsö
• Eric Anundsson, Swedish king who ruled during the 9th century, may be the same as Erik Weatherhat, a more or less mythical Swedish king
• Eric VI of Sweden, king of the Swedes during the second half of the 10th century
• Eric VII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
• Eric VIII of Sweden, Swedish monarch
• Eric IX of Sweden, Swedish king between 1150 and 1160
• Eric X of Sweden, the King of Sweden between 1208 and 1216
• Eric XI of Sweden, the son of king Erik X of Sweden and Richeza of Denmark
• Eric XII of Sweden, rival King of Sweden and to his father Magnus IV from 1356 to his death in 1359
• Eric XIII of Sweden, Eric of Pomerania
• Eric XIV of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1560 until he was deposed in 1568

Famous people[link]

• Eric Bana, Australian television and film actor
• Eric Burdon, an English vocalist, songwriter and frontman of The Animals
• Eric Arthur Blair, an English author better known under the pen-name George Orwell.
• Eric Cantona (Éric Cantona), a French football player
• Eric Carle children's author
• Eric Church, an American country music singer and songwriter
• Eric Clapton an English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter
• Eric Dickerson NFL Hall of Fame Running Back
• Eric Estrada “Ponch”, Actor
• Eric Garber, given name of author Andrew Holleran
• Eric Heiden Olympian and Doctor
• Eric Idle, an English comedian, actor, author, singer, writer, and comedic composer
• Eric Johnson, an American guitarist and recording artist
• Eriq La Salle, American actor and director
• Eric Lindros Dallas Stars, Hockey player
• Erik Palladino, American actor
• Erik Lorig, American NFL football player
• Erich von Manstein, German field marshal
• Erik Mariñelarena, Mexican screenwriter, director and producer
• Eric Prydz, Swedish disc jockey and producer
• Eric Ripert, celebrity chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant Le Bernardin
• Eric Saade, The biggest and sweetest Swedish musician
• Eric Roberts American actor
• Eric Satie, French composer
• Eric Sevareid, American journalist
• Eric Stoltz, American actor, director and producer
• Eric Schmidt CEO Google
• Erik Turner, the rhythm guitarist of glam metal band Warrant
• Eric Wright, better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper

Fictional characters[link]

• Erik the Red (comics), fictional character in the Marvel Comics comic book universe
• Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured genius, created by French writer Gaston Leroux
• Flat Eric, low-tech, yellow puppet character from Levi's commercials for Sta-Prest One Crease Denim Clothing
• Eric Cartman, a main character in the TV series South Park
• Eric the Cavalier, a character in the TV series Dungeons & Dragons
• Eric Tiberius Duckman, the title character in the TV series Duckman
• Prince Eric, the love interest of Princess Ariel in the Disney movie, The Little Mermaid
• General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen, the boss of Colonel Kurt Von Strohm and Lieutenant Hubert Gruber in the TV series 'Allo 'Allo!
• Eric Murphy, a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series Entourage.
• Eric Northman, the love interest of Sookie Stackhouse in the Southern Vampire Mysteries novels and the TV series True Blood
• Eric Draven, a man brutally murdered that comes back to life as an undead avenger of his and his fiancée's murder in the movie The Crow
• Eric Thursley, a thirteen-year-old demonologist featured in Terry Pratchett's ninth Discworld novel Eric
• Eric is the name of all the pets of John Cleese's character in the Monty Python's "Fish Licence" sketch
• Eric is one of the twins Sam and Eric in Lord of the Flies by William Golding
• Eric, one of the Princes from the Chronicles of Amber
• Erik Von Darkmoor, a fictional character appearing in the novels of Raymond E. Feist
• Erik Lensherr, also known as Magneto in the Marvel Universe.
• Eric Foreman is a major character character from the TV series House M.D.
• Eric Forman is the main character in That 70s Show.
• Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger, from Power Rangers Time Force.

See also[link]

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References[link]

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Erik Satie
Born	Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (1866-05-17)17 May 1866 Honfleur, France
Died	1 July 1925(1925-07-01) (aged 59) Paris, France
Occupation	Pianist, Composer
Partner	Suzanne Valadon

Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (pronounced: [eʁik sati]) (17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.^[1]

An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. Later, he also referred to himself as a "phonometrician" (meaning "someone who measures sounds") preferring this designation to that of a "musician", after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911.^[2]

In addition to his body of music, Satie also left a remarkable set of writings, having contributed work for a range of publications, from the dadaist 391 to the American culture chronicle Vanity Fair. Although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, in the late nineteenth century he appears to have used pseudonyms such as Virginie Lebeau and François de Paule in some of his published writings.

Early life and training[link]

Satie house and museum in Honfleur

Satie was the son of Alfred Satie and his wife Jane Leslie (née Anton), who was born in London to Scottish parents. Erik was born at Honfleur in Normandy; his home there is open to the public. When Satie was four years old, his family moved to Paris, his father having been offered a translator's job in the capital. After his mother's death in 1872, he was sent, together with his younger brother, Conrad, back to Honfleur, to live with his paternal grandparents. There, he received his first music lessons from a local organist. When his grandmother died in 1878, the two brothers were reunited with their father in Paris, who remarried (a piano teacher) shortly afterwards. From the early 1880s onwards, Satie started publishing salon compositions by his step-mother and himself, among others.

In 1879, Satie entered the Paris Conservatoire, where he was soon labelled untalented by his teachers. Georges Mathias, his professor of piano at the Conservatoire, described his pupil's piano technique in flatly negative terms, "insignificant and laborious" and "worthless".^[3] Émile Descombes called him "the laziest student in the Conservatoire".^[4] Years later, Satie related that Mathias, with great insistence, told him that his real talent lay in composing. After being sent home for two-and-a-half years, he was readmitted to the Conservatoire at the end of 1885, but was unable to make a much more favourable impression on his teachers than he had before, and, as a result, resolved to take up military service a year later. However, Satie's military career did not last very long; within a few months he was discharged after deliberately infecting himself with bronchitis.^[5]

Career[link]

Montmartre[link]

A caricature of Eric Satie by Santiago Rusiñol, 1891

In 1887, Satie left home to take lodgings in Montmartre. By this time, he had started what was to be an enduring friendship with the romantic poet Patrice Contamine, and had had his first compositions published by his father. He soon integrated with the artistic clientele of the Le Chat Noir Café-cabaret, and started publishing his Gymnopédies. Publication of compositions in the same vein (Ogives, Gnossiennes, etc.) followed. In the same period he befriended Claude Debussy. He moved to a smaller room, still in Montmartre (rue Cortot N° 6), in 1890. By 1891 he was the official composer and chapel-master of the Rosicrucian Order "Ordre de la Rose-Croix Catholique, du Temple et du Graal", led by Sâr Joséphin Péladan, which led to compositions such as Salut drapeau!, Le fils des étoiles, and the Sonneries de la Rose+Croix. Satie gave performances at the Salon de la Rose + Croix, organized by Péladan.

By mid-1892, he had composed the first pieces in a compositional system of his own making (Fête donnée par des Chevaliers Normands en l'honneur d'une jeune demoiselle), had provided incidental music to a chivalric esoteric play (two Prélude du Nazaréen), had had his first hoax published (announcing the premiere of Le bâtard de Tristan, an anti-Wagnerian opera he probably never composed), and had broken with Péladan, starting that autumn with the Uspud project, a "Christian Ballet", in collaboration with Contamine de Latour. While the comrades from both the Chat Noir and Miguel Utrillo's Auberge du Clou sympathised, a promotional brochure was produced for the project, which reads as a pamphlet for a new esoteric sect.

In 1893, he met the young Maurice Ravel for the first time, Satie's style emerging in the first compositions of the youngster. One of Satie's own compositions of that period, the Vexations, was to remain undisclosed until after his death. By the end of the year he had founded the Eglise Métropolitaine d'Art de Jésus Conducteur (the Metropolitan Church of Art of the Leading Christ). As its only member, in the role of "Parcier et Maître de Chapelle" he started to compose a Grande messe (later to become known as the Messe des pauvres), and wrote a flood of letters, articles and pamphlets showing off his self-assuredness in religious and artistic matters. To give an example: he applied for membership of the Académie Française twice, leaving no doubt in the application letter that the board of that organisation (presided by Camille Saint-Saëns) as much as owed him such membership. Such proceedings without doubt rather helped to wreck his popularity in the cultural establishment. In 1895 he inherited some money, allowing him to have more of his writings printed, and to change from wearing a priest-like habit to being the "Velvet Gentleman".

Move to Arcueil[link]

By mid-1896 all of Satie's financial means had vanished, and he had to move to cheaper and much smaller lodgings, first at the Rue Cortot,^[6] and two years later, after he'd composed the two first sets of Template:Pièces froides in 1897, to Arcueil, a suburb some five kilometres from the centre of Paris. During this period he re-established contact with his brother Conrad for numerous practical and financial matters, disclosing some of his inner feelings in the process. The letters to Conrad made it clear that he had set aside any religious ideas.

From 1899 on Satie started making money as a cabaret pianist, adapting over a hundred compositions of popular music for piano or piano and voice, adding some of his own. The most popular of these were Je te veux, text by Henry Pacory; Tendrement, text by Vincent Hyspa; Poudre d'or, a waltz; La diva de l'"Empire", text by Dominique Bonnaud/Numa Blès; Le Picadilly, a march; Légende californienne, text by Contamine de Latour lost, but the music later reappears in La belle excentrique; and many more, many of which have been lost. In his later years Satie would reject all his cabaret music as vile and against his nature,^[7] but for the time being, it was an income.

Only a few compositions that Satie took seriously remain from this period: Jack in the Box, music to a pantomime by Jules Depaquit (called a "clownerie" by Satie), Geneviève de Brabant, a short comic opera on a serious theme, text by Lord Cheminot, The Dreamy Fish, piano music to accompany a lost tale by Lord Cheminot, and a few others that were mostly incomplete, hardly any of them staged, and none of them published at the time.

Both Geneviève de Brabant and The Dreamy Fish have been analysed by Ornella Volta as containing elements of competition with Claude Debussy, of which Debussy was probably not aware, Satie not making this music public. Meanwhile, Debussy was having one of his first major successes with Pelléas et Mélisande in 1902, leading a few years later to ‘who-was-precursor-to-whom’ debates between the two composers, in which Maurice Ravel would also get involved.

In October 1905 Satie enrolled in Vincent d'Indy's Schola Cantorum de Paris to study classical counterpoint while still continuing his cabaret work. Most of his friends were as dumbfounded as the professors at the Schola when they heard about his new plan to return to the classrooms, especially as d'Indy was an admiring pupil of Saint-Saëns, not particularly favoured by Satie. Satie would follow these courses at the Schola, as a respected pupil, for more than five years, receiving a first (intermediate) diploma in 1908. Some of his classroom counterpoint-exercises, such as the Désespoir agréable, were published after his death. Another summary, of the period prior to the Schola, also appeared in 1911: the Trois morceaux en forme de poire, which was a kind of compilation of the best of what he had written up to 1903.^{[citation needed]}

Something that becomes clear through these published compilations is that Satie did not so much reject Romanticism and its exponents like Wagner, but that he rejected certain aspects of it. From his first composition to his last, he rejected the idea of musical development^{[citation needed]}, in the strict definition of this term: the intertwining of different themes in a development section of a sonata form. As a result, his contrapuntal and other works were very short; the "new, modern" Fugues do not extend further than the exposition of the theme(s). Generally, he would say that he did not think it permitted that a composer take more time from his public than strictly necessary.^{[citation needed]} Also Melodrama, in its historical meaning of the then popular romantic genre of "spoken words to a background of music", was something Satie avoided. His 1913 Le piège de Méduse could be seen as an absurdistic spoof of that genre.

In the meantime, other changes had also taken place: Satie had become a member of a radical socialist party, and had socialised with the Arcueil community: Amongst other things, he'd been involved in the "Patronage laïque" work for children. He also changed his appearance to that of the 'bourgeois functionary' with bowler hat, umbrella, etc. He channelled his medieval interests into a peculiar secret hobby: In a filing cabinet he maintained a collection of imaginary buildings, most of them described as being made out of some kind of metal, which he drew on little cards. Occasionally, extending the game, he would publish anonymous small announcements in local journals, offering some of these buildings, e.g. a "castle in lead", for sale or rent.

Height of success and influence[link]

Erik Satie: project of bust, 1913

Starting in 1912, Satie's new humorous miniatures for piano became very successful, and he wrote and published many of these over the next few years (most of them premiered by the pianist Ricardo Viñes). His habit of accompanying the scores of his compositions with all kinds of written remarks was now well established so that a few years later he had to insist that these not be read out during performances.^{[citation needed]} He had mostly stopped using barlines by this time. In some ways these compositions were very reminiscent^{[according to whom?]} of Rossini's compositions from the final years of his life, grouped under the name Péchés de vieillesse.

However the acceleration in Satie's life did not come so much from the success of his new piano pieces; it was Ravel who inadvertently triggered the characteristics of Satie's remaining years and thus influenced the successive progressive artistic and cultural movements that rapidly manifested themselves in Paris over the following years. Paris was seen as the artistic capital of the world, and the beginning of the new century appeared to have set many minds on fire.^{[citation needed]} In 1910 the "Jeunes Ravêlites", a group of young musicians around Ravel, proclaimed their preference for Satie's earlier work from before the Schola period, reinforcing the idea that Satie had been a precursor of Debussy.

At first Satie was pleased that at least some of his works were receiving public attention, but when he realised that this meant that his more recent work was overlooked or dismissed, he looked for other young artists who related better to his more recent ideas, so as to have better mutual support in creative activity. Thus young artists such as Roland-Manuel, and later Georges Auric, and Jean Cocteau, started to receive more of his attention than the "Jeunes".

As a result of his contact with Roland-Manuel, Satie again began publicising his thoughts, with far more irony than he had done before (amongst other things, the Mémoires d'un amnésique and Cahiers d'un mammifère).^[8]

With Jean Cocteau, whom he had first met in 1915, Satie started work on incidental music for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (resulting in the Cinq grimaces). From 1916, he and Cocteau worked on the ballet Parade, which was premiered in 1917 by Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, with sets and costumes by Pablo Picasso, and choreography by Léonide Massine. Through Picasso Satie also became acquainted with other cubists, such as Georges Braque, with whom he would work on other, aborted, projects.

With Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, and Germaine Tailleferre Satie formed the Nouveaux jeunes, shortly after writing Parade. Later the group was joined by Francis Poulenc and Darius Milhaud. In September 1918, Satie – giving little or no explanation – withdrew from the Nouveaux jeunes. Jean Cocteau gathered the six remaining members, forming the Groupe des six (to which Satie would later have access, but later again would fall out with most of its members).

From 1919 Satie was in contact with Tristan Tzara, the initiator of the Dada movement. He became acquainted with other artists involved in the movement, such as Francis Picabia (later to become a Surrealist), André Derain, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Hugo and Man Ray, among others. On the day of his first meeting with Man Ray, the two fabricated the artist's first readymade: The Gift (1921). Satie contributed writing to the Dadaist publication 391. In the first months of 1922 he was surprised to find himself entangled in the argument between Tzara and André Breton about the true nature of avant-garde art, epitomised by the failure of the Congrès de Paris. Satie originally sides with Tzara, but manages to maintain friendly relations with most players in both camps. Meanwhile, an "Ecole d'Arcueil" had formed around Satie, with young musicians like Henri Sauguet, Maxime Jacob, Roger Désormière and Henri Cliquet-Pleyel.

Finally he composed an "instantaneist" ballet (Relâche) in collaboration with Picabia, for the Ballets Suédois of Rolf de Maré. In a simultaneous project, Satie added music to the surrealist film Entr'acte by René Clair, which was given as an intermezzo for Relâche.

Personal life[link]

Satie and Suzanne Valadon, an artists' model and artist in her own right, and a long-time friend of Miguel Utrillo (and mother of Maurice Utrillo), began an affair early in 1893. After their first night together, he proposed marriage. The two did not marry, but Valadon moved to a room next to Satie's at the Rue Cortot. Satie became obsessed with her, calling her his Biqui, and writing impassioned notes about "her whole being, lovely eyes, gentle hands, and tiny feet". During their relationship, Satie composed the Danses gothiques as a kind of prayer to restore peace of mind, and Valadon painted a portrait of Satie, which she gave to him. After six months she moved away, leaving Satie broken-hearted. Afterwards, he said that he was left with "nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness".^[9] It is believed this was the only intimate relationship Satie ever had.^[10]

Death[link]

After years of heavy drinking, Satie died on 1 July 1925 from cirrhosis of the liver.^[11] He is buried in the cemetery in Arcueil. There is a tiny stone monument designating a grassy area in front of an apartment building—'Parc Erik Satie'. Over the course of his 27 years in residence at Arcueil, no one had ever visited his room. After his death, Satie's friends discovered compositions that were totally unknown or thought to have been lost. The orchestral score to Parade was thought, by Satie, to have been left on a bus years before. These were found behind the piano, in the pockets of his velvet suits, and in other odd places, and included the Vexations; Geneviève de Brabant and other unpublished or unfinished stage works; The Dreamy Fish; many Schola Cantorum exercises; a previously unseen set of "canine" piano pieces; and several other works for piano, many untitled. Some of these would be published later as additional Gnossiennes, Pièces froides, Enfantines, and furniture music.

Media[link]

Gymnopedies – La 1 Ere. Lent et Douloureux

Performed by Robin Alciatore. Courtesy of Musopen

Gnossienne 1

Composed c. 1890.

Gnossienne 2

Composed c. 1890.

Gnossienne 3

Composed c. 1890.

Recordings and arrangements[link]

Piano works[link]

Recordings of Satie's piano works have been released by Cristina Ariagno, Jean-Pierre Armengaud, Jean-Joël Barbier, Aldo Ciccolini, Claude Coppens (live recording), Reinbert de Leeuw, Eve Egoyan, Philippe Entremont, Frank Glazer, Olof Höjer, Michel Legrand, Jacques Loussier, Anne Queffélec, Bill Quist, Pascal Rogé, João Paulo Santos, Yūji Takahashi, Branka Parlić, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, John Lenehan and Daniel Varsano, among others.

Orchestral and vocal[link]

• A recording of historical importance is Template:Erik Satie, Les inspirations insolites, re-issued by EMI as a 2-CD set, containing among other pieces: Geneviève de Brabant (in a version before Contamine's text had been recovered), Le piège de Méduse, Messe des pauvres, etc.
• Many other recordings exist: Parade/Relâche (Michel Plasson / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse), Satie: Socrate [etc.] (Jean-Paul Fouchécourt / Ensemble), and recordings of songs, e.g., by Anne-Sophie Schmidt.

Arrangements in popular music[link]

• In 1968, Blood Sweat & Tears released their eponymous second album, which included an adaptation of Erik Satie's Gymnopédie #1 (arranged by Dick Halligan) which they titled as Variations on a Theme by Erik Satie (First and Second Movements). The first movement is a straightforward elaboration of the basic theme using flutes, an acoustic guitar and a triangle. The second is a far more abstract variation using only brass instruments. In 1969, Halligan received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Performance for the piece.
• In 1974, the jazz flutist Hubert Laws recorded an arrangement by Bob James of the "Gymnopedie #1" in his "In the Beginning" double album. The band featured keyboardist Bob James, guitarist Gene Bertoncini, bassist Ron Carter, drummer Steve Gadd, three strings, and Hubert's brother Ronnie Laws on tenor sax.
• In 1979 the band "Sky" (Tristan Fry, Francis Monkman, Kevin Peek, Herbie Flowers, and John Williams) included a version of Gymnopedie No1, which was arranged by John Williams, on the band's first album, which was entitled "Sky"
• In 1980, Gary Numan's 7-inch "We Are Glass" featured "Trois Gymnopedies (First Movement)" on the B-side.
• In 1987, the Serbian electronic music composer Mitar Subotić on his debut album Disillusioned! recorded a twenty-five minute long instrumental track "Thanx Mr. Rorschach - Ambijenti na muziku Erika Satija" ("Thanx Mr. Rorschach - Ambient to the music by Erik Satie"), as a kind of a musical Rorschach test to the music by Satie.
• In 1989, the Vienna Art Orchestra (directed by Mathias Rüegg) released The Minimalism of Eric Satie, a 2-LP set on the Swiss HatART label that included "reflections" on a number of Satie's works, notably three performances of Vexations in various instrumental/vocal combinations.
• In 1990, Movement 98's (Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne) single "Joy and Heartbreak" used the opening phrase of Trois Gymnopedies as the intro and instrumental.
• In 1994, Malcolm McLaren arranged Gnossienne 3&4 in his concept album Paris.
• In 1999, electronic music act Plaid's CD "Restproof Clockwork" included a track called "Tearisci" which is an uncredited version of Satie's "Pièces Froides, No. 2: Danses De Travers: III. Encore".
• In 2000, ex-Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett released the album, "Sketches of Satie", performing Satie's works on acoustic guitar, with contributions by his brother John on flute.
• The English electronic duo Isan recorded versions of the three Gymnopédies for a 2006 7-inch single, "Trois Gymnopedies" on the Morr Music record label.
• The 2006 video game Mother 3 features an arrangement of the 1st Gymnopedie as background music, titled "Leder's Gymnopedie".
• The 2006 movie The Painted Veil features Gnossienne No. 1 throughout the film.
• The 2nd movement of his Gymnopédies has been used in the original soundtrack of 2010 Japanese animated film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya by Kyoto Animation studio. The full Gymnopédies as long as Gnossiennes are included in the 2nd CD of this OST.
• Ogive Number 2 (incorrectly labelled Ogive Number 1) was re-recorded electronically by William Orbit on his album Pieces in a Modern Style
• In 2011, singer-songwriter Tori Amos released an album entitled Night of Hunters, where her song "Battle of Trees" is a variation on Gnossienne no. 1.
• In 2011, Satie's "Gnossienne No.1" was used in the film Hugo.

See also[link]

• Ambient music
• Dada
• Impressionist music
• List of compositions by Erik Satie
• Surrealism

References[link]

Sources[link]

In English, unless indicated:

Writings by Satie[link]

• A Mammal's Notebook: Collected Writings of Erik Satie (Serpent's Tail; Atlas Arkhive, No 5, 1997) ISBN 0-947757-92-9 (with introduction and notes by Ornella Volta, translations by Anthony Melville, contains several drawings by Satie)
• Correspondence presque complète: Réunie, établie et présentée par Ornella Volta (Paris: Fayard/Imes, 2000; 1265pp) ISBN 2-213-60674-9 (an almost complete edition of Satie's letters, in French)

Books and articles on Satie[link]

• Allan, Kenneth R. “Metamorphosis in 391: A Cryptographic Collaboration by Francis Picabia, Man Ray, and Erik Satie.” Art History 34, No. 1 (February, 2011): 102-125.
• Davis, Mary E., Erik Satie. Reaktion Books – Critical Lives. June 2007. ISBN 978-1-86189-321-5
• Gillmor, Alan M., Erik Satie (Twayne Pub., 1988, reissued 1992; 387pp) ISBN 0-393-30810-3
• Myers, Rollo H., Erik Satie. (Dover Publications, New York 1968.) ISBN 0-486-21903-8
• Orledge, Robert, Satie Remembered (London: Faber and Faber, London, 1995)
• Orledge, Robert, Satie the Composer Cambridge University Press: 1990; 437pp – in the series Music in the Twentieth Century [ed.] Arnold Whittall) ISBN 0-521-35037-9
• Templier, Pierre-Daniel (translated by Elena L. French and David S. French), Erik Satie (The MIT Press, 1969, reissued 1971) ISBN 0-262-70005-0 and (New York: Da Capo Press, 1980 reissue) ISBN 0-306-76039-8. Note: Templier extensively consulted Conrad, Erik Satie's brother, when writing this first biography that appeared in 1932. The English translation was, however, criticised by John Cage; in a letter to Ornella Volta (25 May 1983) he referred to the translation as disappointing compared to the formidable value of the original biography.
• Volta, Ornella and Simon Pleasance, Erik Satie (Hazan: The Pocket Archives Series, 1997; 200pp) ISBN 2-85025-565-3
• Volta, Ornella, transl. Michael Bullock, Satie Seen Through His Letters (Marion Boyars, 1989) ISBN 0-7145-2980-X
• Whiting, Steven, Satie the Bohemian: from Cabaret to Concert Hall (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999; 596pp). A fully researched account of Satie's musical career in what then was regarded as popular music.

Other[link]

• Satie Home page – Niclas Fogwall's website dedicated to Satie

External links[link]

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Information and listening[link]

• Biography and photos
• UbuWeb's Erik Satie pages – including an Erik Satie Primer and downloadable recordings
• About Erik Satie – The eccentric Impressionist French composer and musician
• Erik Satie at Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
• Three Gymnopedies by Eric Satie
• (French) erik-satie.com Website dedicated to the musician, with blog, timeline, gallery, biography
• Works by or about Erik Satie in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

Scores[link]

• Public domain scores Satie's Scores + Audio
• Free scores by Erik Satie at the International Music Score Library Project
• Free scores by Erik Satie in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
• Free scores by Erik Satie in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
• www.kreusch-sheet-music.net Free Scores by Satie
• Satie's Scores – by the Mutopia Project

Erik Hassle
Erik Hassle in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Erik Hassle
Born	(1988-08-26) 26 August 1988 (age 23) Katrineholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Singer, songwriter
Years active	2005-present
Labels	Roxy (Sweden) Island (UK) Universal Republic (U.S.) Artist Company TEN
Associated acts	Ellie Goulding
Website	www.erikhassle.com

Erik Hassle (born 26 August 1988 in Katrineholm, Sweden) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter.

Biography[link]

Hassle was raised in a rural village two hours south of Stockholm and originally aspired to be a professional footballer. He grew up listening to soul music and realised his love of music early after listening to Wilson Pickett.^[1] He attended Rytmus, a musical secondary school in Stockholm where famous Swedish singer Robyn trained, and eventually met his manager Adis Adamsson. He signed a deal with the Swedish music company Artist Company TEN. Through TEN Erik signed to Roxy Recordings for Sweden, Island Records for Europe and Universal Republic for North America.^[2]

Music career[link]

Swedish career[link]

Hassle released his first single, "Hurtful" in September 2008. It went to reach #11 in his native Sweden and peaked at #2 in Denmark. He later released his second single "Don't Bring Flowers" which peaked at #25 in Sweden, and his album Hassle which debuted at #2 and stayed in the Swedish charts for 10 weeks.^[3]

International career[link]

On 23 August 2009 Hassle released "Don't Bring Flowers" his first international single. In late 2009 he embarked on touring outside of Sweden and released "Hurtful" in the UK on 2 February 2010. It debuted at #59 and fell off the charts the following week. He altered a few songs his Swedish debut album and re-released the album as Pieces in the UK. It failed to chart in the UK Albums Chart.

He has been written up as a hot new act in The Guardian and other major newspapers, and on 19 January 2010, he was awarded the prize for "Newcomer of the Year 2009" at the P3 Guld gala.

Hassle visited Lynn Grove High School and Capital City Academy playing Don't Bring Flowers, Amelia and his own cover of In for the Kill

He toured with Mika in the UK in early 2010 as the supporting act and was very well received by Mika's fans. He also supported Mika at the closing night of the iTunes Festival in June 2009.

In 19 May 2010 his single, "Hurtful" was picked as "Single of the Week" on iTunes Store, in which people could download his song free.^[4]

Hassle released an extended play (EP) entitled The Hassle Sessions: Volume One consisting of cover songs, on 12 August 2010 in the United Kingdom.

In 2010, Erik Hassle featured the English version of the single "Alors on danse", from the album of the same name by Stromae. The track was made available through Spotify.

“Are You Leaving” was the first single from Erik Hassle’s mini-album Mariefred Sessions. The album was the result of a collaboration between Erik Hassle and Jocke Berg & Martin Sköld from the Swedish band Kent. Mariefred Sessions was released in Sweden on March 23, 2011.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Extended plays[link]

• The Hassle Sessions: Volume One (2010)
• Taken EP (2010)

Singles[link]

Awards[link]

• 2010 Danish GAFFA-priset – International Newcomer of the Year
• 2009 Swedish Grammis – Newcomer of the Year
• 2009 Swedish P3 Guld – Newcomer of the Year

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website The official website
• Erik Hassle fan Street Team Erik Hassle fan Street Team
• Erik Hassle on Myspace

Érik Morales
Statistics
Real name	Érik Isaac Morales Elvira
Nickname(s)	El Terrible
Rated at	Super Bantamweight Featherweight Super Featherweight Lightweight Light Welterweight Welterweight
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1976-09-01) September 1, 1976 (age 35) Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	60
Wins	52
Wins by KO	36
Losses	8
Draws	0
No contests	0

Érik Isaac Morales Elvira (born September 1, 1976 in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is the first Mexican-born boxer in history to win world titles in four different weight classes. He is a former WBC Light Welterweight Champion, WBC & IBF Super Featherweight, WBC Featherweight (x2) and WBC & WBO Super Bantamweight Champion.

Morales has defeated 15 different world champions during the course of his career. He is famous for his trilogies with fellow Mexican legend three-division champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Filipino octuple champion Manny Pacquiao. He is also the last boxer to beat Pacquiao. He ranks #49 on ESPN's 50 Greatest Boxers Of All Time.^[1]

Career history[link]

Early career[link]

Erik Morales was born in the Zona Norte section of Tijuana. Under the tutelage of his father, José Morales, a fighter himself, Erik started boxing at the age of 5 and amassed a very impressive amateur career that saw him fight 114 times (108–6) and win 11 major titles in Mexico. Morales made his professional debut at the age of 16, by knocking out Jose Orejel in two rounds. Between 1993 and 1997, he quickly climbed the ranks in the super bantamweight division, winning 26 fights, 20 by knockout, including wins against former champions Kenny Mitchell and Hector Acero Sánchez, before challenging for his first world title. It was during this time that he signed with promoter Bob Arum.

Super Bantamweight[link]

On September 7, 1997, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 21, he won his first world title by stopping WBC Super Bantamweight Champion and now member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, Daniel Zaragoza, via knockout in eleven rounds.

In his first defense, Morales defeated John Lowey (24–2) by 7th round knockout. In his next fight, he defeated Remigio Molina (31–1) by 6th round knockout. On May 16, 1998, he defeated former champion Jose Luis Bueno via a second round knockout.

In September 1998, in another landmark fight, Morales knocked out former two-weight world champion Junior Jones of the United States. Jones went into the battle with a daunting record against Mexican fighters of 35 victories and no losses, most notably including two victories over the previous champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in 1996 and 1997. Also noteworthy was that Jones was entering México for the first time to fight and the fight was held at Tijuana. The fight went on to three contested rounds, before Morales knocked out Jones with two consecutive overhead right crosses in the fourth round.

In October 1999, Morales fought and defeated former WBC Bantamweight Champion Wayne McCullough of Northern Ireland, saying that McCullough gave him one of the toughest three fights of his career.

Morales vs. Barrera I[link]

In February 2000, Morales defeated Marco Antonio Barrera to win the WBO Super Bantamweight title, in a fight that is considered one of boxing's classics. Morales won the fight by a split decision. It was an intense battle in which both fighters were cut and battered. After the fight, Morales said, "He was a brave fighter, and we both gave it all we had. We were both hurt during the fight. He was the biggest puncher I ever faced in the ring." The Ring named it the Fight of the Year.

Featherweight[link]

After nine successful title defenses, Morales chose to vacate his WBC Super Bantamweight title and his newly won WBO title in order to move up to the featherweight division. In his second fight at this weight, he fought 33 year-old former world champion Kevin Kelley, in September 2000. Kelley was knocked down in the fifth and seventh rounds, he was finally trapped in that latter round by a flurry of five consecutive uppercuts from Morales. Supported only by the ropes, a sixth uppercut landed, and the fight was stopped. Morales became the Interim WBC Featherweight Champion.

Morales fought again in 2000, knocking out Rodney Jones in the first round. In February 2001, he fought Guty Espadas, Jr., the WBC Featherweight title holder with a thirteen fight winning streak, and whose father, Guty Espadas Sr., was also a world champion boxer. Morales won a close twelve round decision to claim his third world title in his second weight division. Although Morales was highly rated in the featherweight division, Naseem Hamed was seen as the Lineal Champion of the division.

In July 2001, Morales defeated future champion In Jin Chi of South Korea and retained his title. Chi gave a strong effort, but Morales was the sharper, harder puncher and outworked him for much of the fight. Morales was cut and swollen over the left eye in the 6th round by an accidental clash of heads and Chi was penalized one point in the 10th round.^[2]

Morales vs. Barrera II[link]

Morales then tasted defeat for the first time in his 42nd professional fight when he lost a unanimous decision and his WBC title against Lineal Champion, Marco Antonio Barrera in June 2002. Morales constantly pressed forward and dominated much of the first half of the fight. He was cut on the bridge of the nose in the 2nd round, and cut and swollen over his right eye in the 8th. However, he punched Barrera to the canvas during the middle rounds but this was called a slip. Barrera fought cautiously in the early rounds, but rallied as the fight progressed.

Morales bounced back with a dominating twelve round decision victory over former world champion, Paulie Ayala in November 2002 to regain the vacant WBC Featherweight title. The early rounds were close, but Morales started to dominate in the middle rounds, consistently landing the harder punches and Ayala's left eye began to swell. He slowed his pace in the late rounds and Ayala rallied, but Morales rocked him with a series of punches in the 12th round.^[3]

Morales defeated Edward Lee Croft in March, 2003. He scored three knockdowns and stopped Croft in the 3rd round. All the fighters on the card donated their purses to "Vamos Mexico," a children's charity headed by Marta Sahagun, wife of Mexican president Vicente Fox.^[4]

Morales defeated Fernando Velardez later that year. He knocked down Velardez in the 1st, 4th and 5th rounds when the fight was stopped without a count. In October, 2003, Morales defeated Guty Espadas Jr. in a rematch of their first close fight. This time Morales knocked him out in three rounds.^[5]

Super Featherweight[link]

Morales vacated his WBC Featherweight title and moved up to the super featherweight division. On February 28, 2004, Morales captured the WBC Super Featherweight title by unanimous decision over Jesús Chávez. Morales twice knocked down Chávez, which Floyd Mayweather, Jr. himself had been unable to do. Morales was rocked midway through the 1st round, but he came back to score two knockdowns in the 2nd round and managed to cut Chavez over the left eye. Chavez injured his right shoulder early in the fight and threw very few right hands, but still fought aggressively for the rest of the fight with his jab and left hooks which cut Morales over the eye in the 4th round. With the victory he became the second Mexican boxer to win a title at three separate weight divisions, the first being the acclaimed Julio César Chávez.

On July 31, 2004, Morales unified his WBC Super Featherweight title with the IBF version by way of a twelve round unanimous decision over Carlos Hernández. Hernández constantly pressed forward, but Morales boxed effectively consistently landing the harder, more accurate punches which rocked Hernández several times.^[6]

Morales vs. Barrera III[link]

On November 27, 2004, Morales fought Barrera for the third time in a bout for the WBC Super Featherweight title. Their highly anticipated third battle drew a capacity crowd of over 11,000. Barrera started fast and rocked Morales late in the first round and bloodied his nose in the second. Morales came back strongly in the second half of the fight and won four of the last six rounds on two judges' scorecards. The 11th round saw Barrera badly staggered, and was the closest either man had come to being knocked out during their three fights. However, the judges scored the bout 114–114, 114–115, 113–115 in favor of Barrera. Their third meeting was once again named The Ring Fight of the Year.

Morales vs. Pacquiao I[link]

On March 19, 2005, as a betting underdog, Morales defeated then three-division world champion Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao, by a unanimous decision. During the 12th round, Morales, comfortably ahead on the scorecards, decided to brawl with the Filipino slugger, even turning southpaw during the process. In a post fight interview, HBO broadcaster Larry Merchant, asked Morales, "Why?" Morales replied by asking a question of his own, "Did you enjoy it? That's why."

Later that night, at the post-fight press conference, Erik further explained his reasoning for brawling with the Filipino slugger; "It was a great pleasure to fight this way. I think I was controlling the fight with my distance. Sometimes I need to put a little flavor into the ring. My promoter always says that I make the fights very difficult, but they're not difficult, they're fun for the public. I decided to stop myself in front of him in the twelfth round because I wanted to give the public what they deserve. It was a great round. I'm very happy about it."^[7]

Morales vs. Raheem[link]

On September 10, 2005, Erik Morales moved up to the lightweight division and was defeated by unanimous decision by Zahir Raheem. Raheem frustrated Morales with constant lateral movement. Raheem rocked Morales in the 5th round and built a lead on the scorecards, but Morales rallied in the 11th round and staggered him with a right hand as Raheem's glove touched the canvas, but it was not scored a knockdown by referee Jon Schorle.^[8] The final scores were 118–110, 116–112 and 115–112 in favor of Raheem.

Morales vs. Pacquiao II & III[link]

On January 22, 2006, Morales fought Pacquiao in a rematch from their bout ten months before and was defeated in ten rounds. Pacquiao knocked down Morales twice in the final seconds of round ten and the fight was stopped.

He fought Pacquiao for the third time in a non-championship title bout, on November 18, 2006. Morales was defeated by a knockout in three rounds. After the fight, Morales said "Maybe it's time I should no longer be doing this." He sat speechless in his corner for five minutes afterward. "I did everything in camp necessary to win this fight. I didn't win it. It wasn't my night...it just wasn't meant to be."^[9] Asked by Larry Merchant whether he would retire from boxing, Morales offered, "Maybe this is the way to end it. It's a beautiful night, and there's a lot of good people (here in the audience)...it was always a pleasure to give the public great fights."

Lightweight[link]

Morales moved up to the lightweight division in search of a possible fourth WBC title. During a holiday visit to the Philippines in January 2007, Morales told a local newspaper that he was fighting again but declined to name his next opponent. He stated that he had unfinished business in the boxing ring and was determined to regain recognition as a world champion. He also expressed his desire to become the first Mexican fighter to win four WBC titles in different divisions and surpass Julio César Chávez's record by campaigning at the lightweight class of 135 lb (61 kg).^[10]

Morales vs. Díaz[link]

On August 4, 2007, Morales fought David Díaz for the WBC Lightweight title and lost a close unanimous decision at the Allstate Arena. Judges Herminio, Cuevas Collazo and Robert Hecko both scored Round 1, 10–9 Morales, even though Morales knocked down Díaz in that round. Collazo then went on to score Round 2, 10–8 for Diaz, when not only did a knockdown not occur, but the two other judges saw it as a Morales round. The final scores read 114–113 (Collazo), 115–113 (Hecko) and 115–112 (Uratani), all in favor of Díaz. It was Morales' fifth loss in his last six bouts. During the post-fight press conference, Morales announced his retirement from boxing.^[11]

Comeback[link]

Morales versus Lorenzo, 2010

In various interviews conducted in 2009, Morales began to state that he would fight again in late 2009 to early 2010, after he gave his body enough time to rest. Morales also stated that he would continue to fight as a lightweight.^[12]

His first comeback fight was then set for México in early 2010, against ranked Nicaraguan welterweight contender Jose Alfaro.

Light Welterweight[link]

On April 9, 2011, the MGM Grand Garden Arena hosted HBO Pay Per View's "Action Heroes." The main event featured Erik Morales vs Marcos Rene Maidana.

Many boxing pundits felt that an aging Morales, fighting a couple of divisions above his best weight, stood little chance against the hard hitting Maidana. However, Morales turned back the clock and gave his best performance since handing Manny Pacquiao his most recent defeat over six years ago. The opening bell saw Maidana jump on the older Morales. Morales' eye was badly swollen in the first round by a series of hard Maidana shots, especially a devastating uppercut, and it looked like the rout was on. However, Morales held his own through the next few rounds before rallying himself in the 8th–10th rounds. Although Maidana was using combos to hurt "El Terrible" Morales started turnin the tide mid-fight throwing very heavy counter-punches almost knocking Maidana down. However, just when the fight seemed within his Morales grasp, Marco Maidana took over by throwing combos at Morales giving him the final rounds of the fight. Morales put up a valiant effort, performed better than anyone thought possible, won the crowd over and gave the boxing public another "Fight of the Year" candidate. However, it just wasn't enough. In the end, Maidana's youth and Morale's age and mileage were just too much to overcome and Maidana eked out a majority decision victory with scores of 114–114 and 116–112 twice.

World title in fourth weight class[link]

Morales was due to fight WBO Inter-Continental Light Welterweight Champion Lucas Matthysse as an under card to the Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather bout. Matthysse pulled out of the bout, citing a viral infection.

On September 17, 2011, Morales won the WBC Light Welterweight Championship with a win over un-rated Pablo Cesar Cano. The title had been vacant after previous champion Timothy Bradley's status had contentiously been changed to Champ in Recess due to inactivity. Many including experts and commentators saw the title won by Morales as a paper championship. Following Morales' win, he would be rated No.7 on Ring Magazine's light welterweight ratings, with all other title holders and highly-rated contenders ranked above him.

On March 24, 2012, Morales faced 23-year-old Danny García (22–0, 14 KOs) in another chapter of the storied "Puerto Rico vs. Mexico" boxing rivalry. García entered the contest following victories over former titleholders Nate Campbell and Kendall Holt. However, Morales attended the weigh-in over two pounds above the light welterweight limit. He remained champion until the fight, but only García could win the belt by defeating him, as a Morales win would vacate it. Morales lost by unanimous decision.

Record[link]

Morales' record consists of 52 wins, 36 of these by knockout, and 8 losses (2KO). He won eight world titles in four different weight classes and successfully defended his titles fifteen times. Morales also holds victories over champions Kenny Mitchell, Hector Acero-Sanchez, Daniel Zaragoza, Junior Jones, Jose Luis Bueno, Wayne McCullough, Marco Antonio Barrera, Kevin Kelley, Guty Espadas Jr., In Jin Chi, Paulie Ayala, Jesús Chávez, Carlos Hernández and Manny Pacquiao.

Outside the ring[link]

Morales was trained and managed by his father José Morales and was promoted by Bob Arum and Top Rank. His brothers are undefeated prospect Iván Morales and former WBO Super Flyweight Champion Diego Morales. Erik and his wife Andrea have three children.

Erik Morales currently spends his time managing a $3.5 million budget running the parks and recreation department in Tijuana. Morales donates his salary back to the department to further help fund it. Morales was quoted as saying, "This is just a way for me to be able to thank the people who have been so good to me all my life."^[13]

Professional record[link]

52 Wins (36 knockouts, 16 decisions), 8 Losses (2 knockouts, 6 decisions), 0 Draw[14]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	52–8	Danny García	UD	12	2012-03-24	Reliant Arena, Houston, Texas, United States	Lost WBC Light Welterweight title on the scale, making the contest titular only for García.
Win	52–7	Pablo César Cano	TKO	10 (12)	2011-09-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC Light Welterweight title.
Loss	51–7	Marcos René Maidana	MD	12	2011-04-09	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For Interim WBA Light Welterweight title.
Win	51–6	Francisco Lorenzo	UD	12	2010-12-18	Caliente Racetrack, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.
Win	50–6	Willie Limond	KO	6 (12), (2:46)	2010-09-11	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Won vacant WBC Silver Light Welterweight title.
Win	49–6	José Alfaro	UD	12	2010-03-27	Arena Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico	Won vacant WBC International Welterweight title.
Loss	48–6	David Díaz	UD	12	2007-08-04	Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois, United States	For WBC Lightweight title.
Loss	48–5	Manny Pacquiao	KO	3 (12), (2:57)	2006-11-18	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For WBC International Super Featherweight title.
Loss	48–4	Manny Pacquiao	TKO	10 (12), (2:33)	2006-01-21	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	For WBC International Super Featherweight title.
Loss	48–3	Zahir Raheem	UD	12	2005-09-10	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	For vacant WBC International Lightweight title.
Win	48–2	Manny Pacquiao	UD	12	2005-03-19	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC International & vacant IBA Super Featherweight title.
Loss	47–2	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2004-11-27	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost WBC Super Featherweight title. The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (2004)
Win	47–1	Carlos Hernández	UD	12	2004-07-31	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC & won IBF Super Featherweight titles.
Win	46–1	Jesús Chávez	UD	12	2004-02-28	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Super Featherweight title.
Win	45–1	Guty Espadas, Jr.	KO	3 (12), (2:58)	2003-10-04	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	WBC Super Featherweight Title Eliminator.
Win	44–1	Fernando Velárdez	TKO	5 (12), (1:02)	2003-07-31	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	43–1	Edward Lee Croft	TKO	3 (12), (2:16)	2003-2-22	Plaza Mexico, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	42–1	Paulie Ayala	UD	12	2002-11-16	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant WBC Featherweight title.
Loss	41–1	Marco Antonio Barrera	MD	12	2002-06-22	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Lost WBC Featherweight title. For vacant The Ring Featherweight title.
Win	41–0	In-Jin Chi	UD	12	2002-07-31	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States	Retained WBC Featherweight title.
Win	40–0	Guty Espadas, Jr.	UD	12	2001-02-17	MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won WBC Featherweight title.
Win	39–0	Rodney Jones	KO	1 (1:02)	2000-12-09	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	38–0	Kevin Kelley	TKO	7 (12), (2:30)	2000-09-02	Don Haskins Convention Center, El Paso, Texas, United States	Won Interim WBC Featherweight title.
Win	37–0	Michael Leroy Juárez	KO	3 (1:12)	2000-06-17	Staples Center, Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	36–0	Marco Antonio Barrera	SD	12	2000-02-19	Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC & won WBO Super Bantamweight titles. The Ring magazine's "Fight of the Year" (2000)
Win	35–0	Wayne McCullough	UD	12	1999-10-22	Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	34–0	Reynante Jamili	TKO	6 (12), (0:11)	1999-07-31	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	33–0	Juan Carlos Ramírez	TKO	9 (12), (0:28)	1999-05-08	Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	32–0	Ángel Chacón	KO	2 (12), (1:50)	1999-02-13	Thomas & Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	31–0	Junior Jones	KO	4 (12), (2:55)	1998-09-12	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	30–0	José Luis Bueno	KO	2 (12), (1:19)	1998-05-16	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	29–0	Remigio Molina	TKO	6 (12), (0:14)	1998-04-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	28–0	John Lowey	TKO	7 (12), (3:00)	1997-12-12	Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	27–0	Daniel Zaragoza	KO	11 (12), (2:59)	1997-09-06	County Coliseum, El Paso, Texas, United States	Won WBC Super Bantamweight title.
Win	26–0	Concepcion Velásquez	TKO	8 (1:11)	1997-04-04	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win	25–0	Robbie Lovato	UD	10	1996-11-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	24–0	Pedro Javier Torres	KO	2 (1:50)	1996-10-12	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, California, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	23–0	Hector Acero Sánchez	UD	12	1996-06-07	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	22–0	Lee Cargle	TKO	2 (0:11)	1996-04-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	21–0	Rudy Bradley	TKO	11 (0:02)	1996-02-25	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	20–0	Kenny Mitchell	TKO	2 (2:30)	1995-12-18	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	19–0	Enrique Angeles	UD	12	1995-11-10	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained NABF & Mexico Super Bantamweight titles.
Win	18–0	Alberto Martínez	TKO	4 (0:42)	1995-09-09	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Retained NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	17–0	Juan Luis Torres	UD	12	1995-07-14	Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Won vacant NABF Super Bantamweight title.
Win	16–0	Armando Castro	TKO	10 (1:04)	1995-06-02	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	15–0	Enrique Jupiter	TKO	6 (0:28)	1995-04-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won Mexico Super Bantamweight title.
Win	14–0	Ricky Hernández	KO	1 (0:14)	1995-02-03	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Retained WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	13–0	José Valdez	TKO	3 (2:14)	1994-12-19	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Won WBC Mundo Hispano Super Bantamweight title.
Win	12–0	Ramón Magana	TKO	2 (1:19)	1994-11-28	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	11–0	Idelfonso Bernal	KO	3 (0:21)	1994-10-17	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	10–0	Julio César Cardona	KO	2 (1:01)	1994-08-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	9–0	Isidro Nolasco	UD	8	1994-03-26	Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
Win	8–0	Paul Olvera	KO	3 (2:55)	1994-01-21	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	7–0	Alfonso Mota	KO	2 (1:19)	1993-12-06	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	6–0	Jaime Abrica	KO	2 (0:03)	1993-10-22	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	5–0	José Álvarez	UD	6	1993-07-26	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	4–0	Marco Tovar	TKO	1 (0:59)	1993-07-08	Plaza de Toros, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	3–0	Óscar Maldonado	KO	3 (0:32)	1993-05-25	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	2–0	Jaime Rodríguez	KO	2 (1:11)	1993-05-07	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Win	1–0	José Orejel	KO	2 (0:19)	1993-03-29	Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico	Morales' Professional Debut at 16 years old.