Erik Satie ~1914~ Les Trois Valses Distinguées du Précieux Dégoûté

The fastidious dandy here is thought to be Maurice Ravel, with whom Satie had recently fallen out. The charming second piece of the set, “Son binocle“, can be seen and played as a latter-day gymnopédie et was perhaps a reference back to “Les entretiens de la Belle et la Bête (from Ravel’s “Ma mère l’oye“ suite), which had been hailed to the “Fourth gymnopédie“ when it appeared in 1910. pf: Jean-Yves Thibaudet 0:00 Sa taille 0:59 Son binocle 1:55 Ses jambes