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Dating from his first composition in [[1884]], he signed his name as '''Erik Satie''', as he said he preferred it. He wrote articles for several periodicals and, although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the [[pseudonym]], '''Virginie Lebeau'''. Dating from his first composition in [[1884]], he signed his name as '''Erik Satie''', as he said he preferred it. He wrote articles for several periodicals and, although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the [[pseudonym]], '''Virginie Lebeau'''.
-Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopedist" from [[1887]], shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the ''[[Gymnopédie]]s''. He also referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician," meaning "someone who measures and writes down sounds" — he preferred this definition of his profession to "[[musician]]," after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers in [[1911]]. Some view him as a serial [[wiktionary:Precursor|precursor]], being ahead of many [[twentieth century]] [[avant-garde]] artistic ideas; ''see'' [[#"Petit dictionnaire d'idées reçues" (short dictionary of preconceived ideas)|below]].+Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopedist" from [[1887]], shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the ''[[Gymnopédie]]s''. He also referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician," meaning "someone who measures and writes down sounds" — he preferred this definition of his profession to "[[musician]]," after having been called "a [[clumsy]] but [[subtle]] technician" in a book on contemporary French composers in [[1911]]. Some view him as a serial [[wiktionary:Precursor|precursor]], being ahead of many [[twentieth century]] [[avant-garde]] artistic ideas; ''see'' [[#"Petit dictionnaire d'idées reçues" (short dictionary of preconceived ideas)|below]].

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Alfred Éric Leslie Satie (Honfleur, 17 May 1866Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French composer, pianist, and writer.

Dating from his first composition in 1884, he signed his name as Erik Satie, as he said he preferred it. He wrote articles for several periodicals and, although in later life he prided himself on always publishing his work under his own name, there appears to have been a brief period in the late 1880s during which he published articles under the pseudonym, Virginie Lebeau.

Satie introduced himself as a "gymnopedist" from 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. He also referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician," meaning "someone who measures and writes down sounds" — he preferred this definition of his profession to "musician," after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers in 1911. Some view him as a serial precursor, being ahead of many twentieth century avant-garde artistic ideas; see below.

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