# Gymnopedie - Eric Satie

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**Created:** [July 1, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/gymnopedie-eric-satie/966 "2026-07-01T23:14:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2026, 11:14pm UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/gymnopedie-eric-satie/966/1 "2026-07-01T23:14:33Z")

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Gymnopedie number 1 by Eric Satie - performed by Tiffany Poon

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_ **Gymnopédies** _ is a set of three atmospheric solo piano pieces composed by **Erik Satie** in 1888\*\*.

**Composer Overview**

- **Name** : Erik Satie (born Éric Alfred Leslie Satie).
- **Identity** : French avant-garde composer, pianist, and eccentric cabaret performer.
- **Legacy** : Pioneer of modern ambient music, minimalism, and repetitive structure.
- **Personality** : Famously eccentric; he wore identical velvet suits, ate only white food, and founded his own one-man religion.
- **Circle** : Heavily influenced and championed by close contemporaries like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

**Composer Dates**

- **Birth** : May 17, 1866.
- **Death** : July 1, 1925 (at age 59 from cirrhosis of the liver).

**Musical Period**

- **Era** : Late Romantic / Early Modern Era.

- **Stylistic Movement** : Avant-garde and Impressionism precursor. Satie explicitly rejected the heavy, dramatic, and lush textures of 19th-century Romanticism, choosing instead to strip away musical pretentiousness.

**Brief Description of the Pieces**

- **The Structure** : The _Trois Gymnopédies_ consist of three short, separate movements sharing a common structure in 3/4 time.

- **The Sound** : Characterized by a slow, wandering melody over a gentle, alternating bass note and chord accompaniment. They rely on mild, unresolved chords to create an ethereal atmosphere.

- **The Mood** : Stately, serene, melancholic, and deeply dreamy.

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**Author:** ![Julie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/softart.discourse.group/julie/32/21_2.png) [@Julie](https://softart.discourse.group/u/Julie)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/gymnopedie-eric-satie/966/2 "2026-07-05T00:33:25Z")

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I really enjoyed this performance. Tempo is very important in Gymnopedie, and this pianist set the perfect tempo and kept it steady all the way through.

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**Author:** ![Charlie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/softart.discourse.group/charlie/32/434_2.png) [@Charlie](https://softart.discourse.group/u/Charlie)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2026, 5:58pm UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/gymnopedie-eric-satie/966/3 "2026-07-05T17:58:50Z")

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This piece makes me feel so calm that I could even catch the small details in my environment, and it made me more aware of the sounds around me. I felt a sense of “oneness” between the music and the world around me.

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**Author:** ![Lotchie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/softart.discourse.group/lotchie/32/24_2.png) [@Lotchie](https://softart.discourse.group/u/Lotchie)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://softart.discourse.group/t/gymnopedie-eric-satie/966/4 "2026-07-07T16:04:24Z")

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It is very relaxing. I can use it to fall asleep. Well performed.