Articles related to "Eric Satie"

Life and works of French composer Eric Satie, a pioneer of the avant garde, one of the great eccentrics but a creative innovator.

What do Pablo Picasso, Erik Satie, and Edith Piaf all have in common? They played a part in the fantasy and reality of theatre's incorrigible child Jean Cocteau.

Biography of Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson or Lord Berners, a talented, fascinating and eccentric personality of the 20th century.

Brief biography of composer and pianist Francis Poulenc, of 'Les Six' ('The Six) group of French composers. Famous for ballet 'Les Biches' ('The Little Darlings.')

Biography of Jean Cocteau, a leading writer in France in the 20th century. Best known for novel Les Enfants Terribles (Children of the Game.)

Brief biography of French composer Arthur Honegger, a neo-classicist known for "Le Roi David" and "Pacific 231."

Brief biography of French writer and poet Guillaume Apollinaire, influential to the surrealist movement.

"Les Six" was the name given by critic Henri Collet to this 1920s group of avant-garde French composers formed by Eric Satie.

Brief biography of Russian impressario Sergei Diaghilev (Sergey Pavlovich Diagilev), famous for ballets "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird."

Once interchangeable darlings of downtempo, ambient techno outfits Air and Zero 7 have moved in opposing directions on Pocket Symphony/The Garden.