Gnossiennes
Sign in to saveupright|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.
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- Etymology
- Characteristics
- ''{{lang|fr|Trois}} Gnossiennes''
- ''Gnossiennes'' Nos. 4–7
- ''Gnossienne'' No. 4
- ''Gnossienne'' No. 5
- ''Gnossienne'' No. 6
- {{lang|fr|Le Fils des étoiles}} – {{lang|fr|Trois morceaux en forme de poire}}
- References
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
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.
==Etymology== The etymology of the word gnossienne is contentious, but the word existed in French literature before Satie's usage, and is in the 1865 Larousse Dictionary, referring to the ritual labyrinth dance created by Theseus to celebrate his victory over the Minotaur, first described in the "Hymn to Delos" by Callimachus.