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'The Quite Boom of Erik Satie'

Erik Satie was the forerunner of Minimalism and Ambient from more than a century ago. His furniture music (Musique d'ameublement) was conceptual background music originally performed by live artists. The term was coined by Erik Satie in 1917. At a public event where his furniture music was played, the audience stopped talking and started listening to the music. So the composer had to go and tell all the groups of people, one by one, to pay no attention to the music and keep talking. Of course, no one took him seriously and he felt very frustrated. It was such a new craze at that time. People just couldn't understand it.

'The Quite Boom of Erik Satie'

Erik Satie was the forerunner of Minimalism and Ambient from more than a century ago. His furniture music (Musique d'ameublement) was conceptual background music originally performed by live artists. The term was coined by Erik Satie in 1917. At a public event where his furniture music was played, the audience stopped talking and started listening to the music. So the composer had to go and tell all the groups of people, one by one, to pay no attention to the music and keep talking. Of course, no one took him seriously and he felt very frustrated. It was such a new craze at that time. People just couldn't understand it. https://youtu.be/QwvOxJ-4Saw