Performances in N.Y.C. A century after the composer’s death, he is ubiquitous on relaxation playlists. Those just scratch the surface of a stranger, more complicated career. Credit...Photo12/Universal ...

Erik Satie was a French composer and pianist born in 1866. He was, to put it lightly, eccentric. He started his musical career playing in cabaret-cafes in Montmartre in Paris, and did not complete his ...

French composer Erik Satie (1866—1925), a contemporary of Claude Debussy, was often scorned and, had it not been for his friend, Debussy would have been largely ignored as well by his generation.

Erik Satie's music is better described by what it isn't than what it is. A contrarian, he wrote anti-emotional, anti-virtuosic and anti-Wagnerian music, basically rejecting all the major trends of ...

In his splendid book on the French avant-garde during the 30 years preceding World War I, Roger Shattuck describes composer Erik Satie as “a musician more heard of than heard.” James Valcq is trying ...

The spare, haunting melodies of composer and pianist Erik Satie have inspired a wide range of musicians, from his contemporary Claude Debussy to The Velvet Underground's John Cale. Guitarists Jonathan ...