{"product_id":"strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-9780763687755","title":"Strange Mr. Satie: Composer of the Absurd","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a brilliant performance worthy of the composer, M. T. Anderson and Petra Mathers present a picture-book biography of the singular Erik Satie.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThroughout his life, Erik Satie wanted to make a new kind of music, a kind of music both very young and very old, very bold and very shy, that followed no rules but its own.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt first glance, Erik Satie looked as normal as anyone else in Paris one hundred years ago. Beyond his shy smile, however, was a mind like no other. When Satie sat down at the piano to compose or play music, his tunes were strange and dreamlike, his melodies topsy-turvy and discordant. Many people hated his music. Few understood it. But to Erik Satie there was sense in nonsense, and the vibrant, surreal compositions of this eccentric man-child would go on to influence many artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Candlewick Press (MA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780763687755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.40h x 8.40w x 0.20d","brand":"M. T. Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44736558596277,"sku":"9780763687755","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b7f0e342-84fe-4943-a4ca-627be2ee2699.jpg?v=1729609619","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/strange-mr-satie-composer-of-the-absurd-9780763687755","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}