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| Erik Satie
(1866 - 1925)
| Timeline |
| 1866 |
Born 17 May, in Honfleur, Normandy; son of a French father and Scottish mother |
| 1879 |
Moves to Paris and enrols at the Conservatoire |
| 1888 |
Plays piano at a cabaret in Montmartre and composes his famous Gymnopédies |
| 1891 |
Joins a sect of the religious occult Rosicrucian order, later founding an order of his own |
| 1905 |
Studies with composer Vincent d'Indy at the Paris Schola Cantorum |
| 1915 |
Composes music for ballet Parade, to a commission from Diaghilev, in collaboration with Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau |
| 1917 |
Begins work on symphonic drama Socrate. Brings together the composers known as "Les Six" |
| 1925 |
Dies in Paris 1 July, from cirrhosis of the liver, after years of heavy drinking |
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