Satie's Tendrement
Tendrement (Tenderly) is a waltz for piano and voice composed in 1902 by Érik Satie, with lyrics by Vincent Hyspa. This delightful piece was used by Satie when he was a cabaret pianist, although he later indicated a distaste for his cabaret music.
Érik Satie (1866 – 1925) was a French composer and pianist, as well as a colorful figure in the early twentieth century Parisian avant-garde. He is perhaps best known for his short piano pieces, such as the Gnossiennes.
Averse to the Romanticism of Richard Wagner, he produced fascinating music of a simple, timeless, directionless, repetitious, eccentric, whimsical, satirical, and humorous nature. He was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd.
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