Erik Satie - The Eccentric Life of a Musical Genius | Biographical Documentary

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Erik Satie created some of the most sublime and soothing piano music in the classical repertoire.

Yet he was known for his eccentric and at times prickly personality.

He never married, fell out with most of his friends, lived half his life in a squalid room with no water or electricity and wrote stinging critiques of his rivals and absurd articles in praise of non-existent symphonies and unplayable instruments…. as well as some truly great music.

In this biographical documentary, Prof Graeme Yorston, explores the wonderfully unconventional life of one of the world’s favourite composers, from his perspective as a psychiatrist.

To find out if his quirkiness arose simply from getting lost in his own creative world or if there was something more to his enigmatic personality.

Finding Out More
If you want to find out more about the fascinating Erik Satie, I enjoyed the brief biography by Mary Davis, but the most authoritative English language book on him is by Robert Orledge. I have listed these on my Amazon Store Page. https://www.amazon.com/shop/professor...

Academic References
Arbide, Lola San Martín. "Erik Satie: Music, Art and Literature." (2015): 331-333.

Fung, C. H. (2009). Asperger’s and musical creativity: The case of Erik Satie. Personality and individual differences, 46(8), 775-783.

Strand, M. (2021). Eggs, sugar, grated bones: Colour-based food preferences in autism, eating disorders, and beyond. Medical Humanities, 47(1), 87-94.

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Images
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Wellcome Collection
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Music
Gymnopèdie n.1 Daria Baiocchi CC4.0
Gymnopèdie n.1 Michael Lauke Guitar CC4.0
Gymnopèdie n.2 by Kevin MacLeod CC3.0
Gymnopèdie n.3 - Arr for soprano saxophone and strings. David Hernando Vitores. CC4.0
Gnossienne n.3 Michael Retting and Clovis Michon Piano and cello CC0
Gnossienne 4 Piano clarinet LorinJonesStubbsMusic CC0
Gnossiennes 1-7 La Pianista CC3.0
Je te Veux Fantastic piano CC0
Le piccadilly Royalty Free music CC0
Desicated embryos and True Flabby preludes for a dog Yuuh Music CC0
Vexations Francesco Tristano CC0
Ogives 1 jyT CC Attribution
Francisco Tarrega - Recuerdos de la Alhambra Carlo Alberto Boni CC3.0
Richard Wagner ride of the Valkyries, Ulm Philharmonic, Piu John Piu EFF: Open Audio License
JS Bach Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Ashtar Moïra PD

Video edited by Manavi Sakunika and produced by Graeme Yorston and Tom Yorston