Know me to be your superior in everything: Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor history Texts by Alice Benassia

Texts by Alice Benassia

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Know me to be your superior in everything: Erik Satie & the Metropolitan Church of Art of Jesus the Conductor history Texts by Alice BenassiaIn 1892, Erik Satie was at a crossroads. Despite having already composed some of the finest works ever written for piano, the 26 year old was still penniless and unappreciated. His artistic ethosa paradoxical mix of reactionary Medievalism and avant garde absurdismcould find no quarter in fin de sicle Paris. And so, with his musical aspirations dashed and nowhere left to turn, Satie would turn to himself. His subsequent revolt was as shocking as it