TWENTY SHORT PIECES FOR PIANO (SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS)AUTHOR/EDITOR: ERIK SATIEFORMAT MUSIC: SCORESPAGE COUNT: 48DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC.DESCRIPTION:-COMPOSER ERIK SATIE (1866–1925) EXERCISED A PROFOUND EFFECT ON TWENTIETH-CENTURY MUSIC. HIS INNOVATIVE HARMONIES, FREEDOM OF FORM, AND MASTERY OF MUSICAL UNDERSTATEMENT INFLUENCED A DIVERSE COMPANY OF MODERN MASTERS, RANGING FROM DEBUSSY AND RAVEL TO MILHAUD, POULENC, AND CAGE. THIS IS A FACSIMILE OF AN EXTREMELY RARE COLLECTION OF THE FRENCH MASTER`S BRILLIANT THUMBNAIL SKETCHES — BOTH MUSICAL AND VERBAL — OF VARIOUS OUTDOOR SPORTS AND AMUSEMENTS.-SATIE CREATED THESE PIECES TO ACCOMPANY AN ALBUM OF CHARMING, SOPHISTICATED DRAWINGS BY CHARLES MARTIN, A WELL-KNOWN ILLUSTRATOR OF THE DAY. THE COMPOSER ALSO ADDED DROLL VERBAL COMMENTARIES AND INSCRIBED BOTH WORDS AND MUSIC IN AN EXQUISITE CALLIGRAPHIC HAND. -PUBLISHED IN THE 1920S IN A LIMITED EDITION, THE ALBUM IS VERY SCARCE TODAY. THIS MODESTLY PRICED EDITION OF A RARE TREASURE FEATURES BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS AND ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF SATIE`S ECCENTRIC VERBAL NOTATIONS.-REPRINT OF SPORTS ET DIVERTISSEMENTS, PUBLICATIONS LUCIEN VOGEL, PARIS, CA. 1925.-NOTA: SI BUSCA ALGUNA PARTITURA O MÉTODO, ENVÍENOS UN MENSAJE Y CON GUSTO ATENDEREMOS SU COMENTARIO, SOMOS ESPECIALISTAS EN MÚSICA IMPRESA, SI REQUIERE FACTURA FAVOR DE SOLICITARLA AL MOMENTO DE SU COMPRA.