Compositions by Erik Satie

thumb|Beginning of 1st Gymnopédie in the Autograph (manuscript)|autograph

upright|thumb|Erik Satie (1891), by Ramon Casas The Gnossiennes () are several piano compositions by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. The works are for the most part in free time (lacking time signatures or bar divisions) and highly experimental with form, rhythm and chordal structure. The form was invented by Satie but the term itself existed in French literature before Satie's usage.

background music for live performance; term coined by French composer Erik Satie

alt=Man in top hat, smoking a cigarette, seated at a musical keyboard|thumb|Composer Erik Satie by [[Santiago Rusiñol, 1890s]] Vexations is a musical work by Erik Satie. Apparently conceived for keyboard (although the single page of manuscript does not specify an instrument), it consists of a short theme in the bass whose four presentations are heard alternatingly unaccompanied and played with chords above. The theme and its accompanying chords are written using enharmonic notation. The piece is undated, but scholars usually assign a date around 1893–1894 on the basis of musical and biographic

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thumb|Erik Satie, circa 1919

thumb|upright|Erik Satie in the late 1880s The Ogives are four pieces for piano composed by Erik Satie in the late 1880s. They were published in 1889, and were the first compositions by Satie he did not publish in his father's music publishing house.

composition by Erik Satie

suite for piano duet by Erik Satie

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composition by Erik Satie

composition by Erik Satie