The Birth of Modern Music Part 2: Erik Satie

The ultimate "underground" modernist artist in Paris, Satie didn't get a lot of credit when he was alive for his work. He was largely forgotten until John Cage found his Vexations composition fifty years after his death. His music "did not resolve as it should according to tonal laws" says our guest Dr. Caroline Potter. She talks with us about how Satie broke from Parisian tradition and led an avant-garde scene which influenced ambient and minimalist artists for years to come. Join us as we traverse the eccentric life and work of Erik Satie. Erik Satie Tracks: Gnossiennes n.4 The Gothic Dances Pieces in the Shape of a Pear Gymnopedies Let's Get on with it Chochoette Medusa's Trap Parade Vexations La Diva de l'empire