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Satie's Rose Croix Music (1891–1895)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 1965

Patrick Gowers
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It may seem strange to commemorate the centenary of Satie's birth by a discussion of his output from 1891 to 1895 rather than by an overall appreciation. But his accepted standing as a minor yet historically important composer has had a twofold result: on the one hand, little basic documentary research into his output has been undertaken; on the other, general appreciations of him have been written many times, largely by authors whose main concern is Debussy, Ravel, Les Six or recent French music as a whole. As you would expect, this literature tends to be accurate in outline but unreliable in detail. Therefore I have thought it best, rather than repeat the easily available broad facts of Satie's life and work, to concentrate on some topic which can be more thoroughly covered in the time. The Rose Croix music stands out as being conveniently self-contained, unusual, interesting and misunderstood.

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Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association , Volume 92 , 1965 , pp. 1 - 25
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Copyright © 1966 The Royal Musical Association and the Authors

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The following are available in print: Published by Editions Salabert, ParisGoogle Scholar
Le Fils des Etoiles (preludes only).Google Scholar
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There are two main collections of Satie MSS. The larger is in the music section of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, and contains the “Cons MS” series. The other is in the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington. This includes a typewritten catalogue prepared when the collection was exhibited at Mills College in 1940. The DOMS numbering given below follows that catalogue. The letters (A), (B), &c. refer to Table I:Google Scholar
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