Path 12
Paris around 1900
Fauré, Satie, Debussy, Dukas and Ravel, from 1887 to 1920.
Fauré → Satie → Debussy → Dukas → Ravel
3 Gymnopédies
This guide follows Satie’s 3 Gymnopédies (1888) in three parts: Gymnopédie No. 1: Lent et douloureux, Gymnopédie No. 2: Lent et triste and Gymnopédie No. 3: Lent et grave.
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Follow all 24 sections as they play
- I No. 1: et
- II No. 2: et
- III No. 3: et
I No. 1: et 0:20–3:25
Four of set up a rocking pattern that alternates two major seventh chords, first on G and then on D, and the is D, shading between major and minor. The calm melody (A) enters and is repeated. B follows, then C. The music then goes round again: A, B and C, before a short . Listen for the small clashes between the melody and the chords.
- A
II No. 2: et 3:36–6:09
III No. 3: et 6:13–8:49
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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