Satie, Erik. (1866-1925) . Rag-Time Parade. Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie.. 1919. Extrait de Parade, Ballet Réaliste. Arrangé pour piano / par Hans Ourdine. Illustrated wrappers, 4 pp., plus "Specimen" of "La Diva de L'Empire" on inner rear cover. 27 x 35 cm. Slight toning around the edges, generally fine, the illustration remaining bright and clean. The possibility has been raised that the striking cover illustration may have been executed by Satie himself. The figure shown here (like that of the similarly styled "La Diva"), the red and the black colors, the degree of abstraction are all very much influenced by Goncharova, who was in Paris at the time and was a close friend of Satie's.
Parade was composed for Diaghilev and was first performed at the Théâtre de Chatelet on May 18, 1917 in a performance conducted by Ernest Ansermet. "This epoch making ballet, whose unchanging pulse is that of the human heartbeat, put Satie into the forefront of the avant garde and from then on his primary aim was to make his music chic, Parisian and shocking." (Grove)
Parade was composed for Diaghilev and was first performed at the Théâtre de Chatelet on May 18, 1917 in a performance conducted by Ernest Ansermet. "This epoch making ballet, whose unchanging pulse is that of the human heartbeat, put Satie into the forefront of the avant garde and from then on his primary aim was to make his music chic, Parisian and shocking." (Grove)
Satie, Erik. (1866-1925) . Rag-Time Parade. Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie.. 1919. Extrait de Parade, Ballet Réaliste. Arrangé pour piano / par Hans Ourdine. Illustrated wrappers, 4 pp., plus "Specimen" of "La Diva de L'Empire" on inner rear cover. 27 x 35 cm. Slight toning around the edges, generally fine, the illustration remaining bright and clean. The possibility has been raised that the striking cover illustration may have been executed by Satie himself. The figure shown here (like that of the similarly styled "La Diva"), the red and the black colors, the degree of abstraction are all very much influenced by Goncharova, who was in Paris at the time and was a close friend of Satie's.
Parade was composed for Diaghilev and was first performed at the Théâtre de Chatelet on May 18, 1917 in a performance conducted by Ernest Ansermet. "This epoch making ballet, whose unchanging pulse is that of the human heartbeat, put Satie into the forefront of the avant garde and from then on his primary aim was to make his music chic, Parisian and shocking." (Grove)
Parade was composed for Diaghilev and was first performed at the Théâtre de Chatelet on May 18, 1917 in a performance conducted by Ernest Ansermet. "This epoch making ballet, whose unchanging pulse is that of the human heartbeat, put Satie into the forefront of the avant garde and from then on his primary aim was to make his music chic, Parisian and shocking." (Grove)