Gnossienne No.1 (Erik Satie) Transcribed and performed by Dang Thao

The Gnossiennes are several piano compositions written by the French composer Erik Satie in the late 19th century. Gnossienne No.1 is the first piece of Trois Gnossiennes (Three Gnossiennes). This is a new type of composition which was composed around 1890 and first published in 1893. The piano solo notation of this composition is without time signatures or bar lines, which is known as free time. The tempo of the song is slow (lento) with  astonishment.

Erik Satie was very much into breaking down old established rules of traditional classical music. We can see this in his Gnossiennes. No bar lines in the music, irregular formats and alterations to old scales and inventions of new ones.

DANG THAO PRESENTS GNOSSIENNE NO.1