Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie - 2 HOURS Classical Music for Studying & Concentration Piano Playlist

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Gymnopédie No. 1 - Erik Satie - 2 HOURS Classical Music for Studying & Concentration Piano Playlist. Relaxing Music Piano. Study Music. Thank you for watching this video by Live Your Dreams 2 Channel ! PLEASE, SUBSCRIBE ! ► http://goo.gl/Eti5Gd FACEBOOK ► http://goo.gl/QaqZXF Enjoy and relax while listening to this really long and calming version of Gymnopedie No. 1 by Satie, which can be used for various occasions like studying and concentration, reading, sleeping, romantic date at home, relaxing and stress relief, doing homework and even for a musical ambience for guests and even other useful things as well. "Erik Satie: Gymnopedie No 1" (by Kevin MacLeod) Attribution License (incompetech.com) OTHER CLASSICAL MUSIC VIDEOS: ★3 HOURS★ of Classical Music for Studying - Study Music Mozart - Relaxing Music Classical Piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzQqvi1-hHE ★ Vivaldi - The Four Seasons "Le quattro stagioni" - Spring "La primavera" - Classical Music Violin HD ★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evClj9OlJ5I ★ Tchaikovsky - "Waltz of the Flowers" The Nutcracker - Relaxing Classical Music - Música Clásica ★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEsmqs03ntM ★ Johann Pachelbel - Canon in D major "Pachelbel's canon" - HD Classical Music Violin ★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-mIfA_t_CM ★ Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 - I. Allegro con brio - HD Classical Music Best ★ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oqRV3tBTvk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Gymnopédies are the first compositions with which Erik Satie tried to cut himself loose from the conventional 19th century "salon music" environment of his father and stepmother. In September 1887 Satie composed three "sarabands" (Trois Sarabandes), taking a quote from Contamine's La Perdition by way of introduction. By this time, Satie knew Contamine personally. Satie apparently used the word "gymnopédiste" (gymnopaedist), before having written a note of his later famous gymnopédies. The anecdote of Satie introducing himself as a "gymnopaedist" in December 1887 runs as follows: the first time Satie visited the Chat Noir cabaret, he was introduced to its director, Rodolphe Salis, famous for serving sharp comments. Being coerced to mention his profession, Satie, lacking any recognisable professional occupation, presented himself as a "gymnopaedist", supposedly in an attempt to outwit the director. The composition of the three Gymnopédies started only two months later, and was completed in April 1888. In August 1888, the "First Gymnopédie" was published, accompanied by the verse of Contamine quoted above. However, it remains uncertain whether the poem was composed before the music, or whether Contamine intended the verse as a tribute to his friend, who had now completed both a set of sarabands and gymnopédies. Later the same year the "Third Gymnopédie" was published. There was, however, no publication of the "Second Gymnopédie" until 7 years later, with several announcements of an impending publication of this gymnopédie being made in the Chat Noir and Auberge du Clou periodicals. ABOUT ERIK SATIE Éric Alfred Leslie Satie (French: [eʁik sati]; 17 May 1866 – 1 July 1925) — he 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. 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. 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 19th century he appears to have used pseudonyms such as Virginie Lebeau and François de Paule in some of his published writings