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Originally Posted by VEGANGELICA
~ Erik Satie made up his own religion in which he was the leader...and the only member! He used his church to rant against his music critics.
~ When Erik Satie died, his office was found to contain a total of four pianos: two of which were back to back, and two of which sat upside-down on top of the other two. He was using the upside-down pianos to store sheet music, says my conductor.
~ Erik Satie is considered the parent of "furniture music" (background Muzak music).
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Another eccentricity of his would be that he was a collector of umbrellas.
Also, many of his works had loony titles like f. ex.
Dessicated Embryos, Distinguished Waltzes of a Jaded Dandy and
Bureaucratic Sonatine. (All translated from French of course)