NotePlayMusicGymnopédie No. 1 - block world piano video
Erik Satie’s calm Gymnopédie No. 1 (1888), a little faster than marked, on piano with falling notes in a block world. Ends with a short look at Satie and the piece.
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About the music
Gymnopédie No. 1 by Erik Satie (1866–1925). Piano piece, 1888.
- Satie marked it "slow and sorrowful". We sped it up!
- He wrote it while playing piano in the cafés of Montmartre, Paris.
- Debussy later arranged it for orchestra.
Notes and sound
Notes from the Mutopia Project edition, shortened for this video. Public-domain composition.
Salamander Grand Piano samples by Alexander Holm, CC BY 3.0, generated in your browser with pitch interpolation, damper processing and room echo. (CC BY 3.0)