Minimalistic compositions

symphony by Henryk Gorecki (1977)

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

musical composition

composition by Gavin Bryars