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by rurban 2792 days ago
The 2nd is imho much better though. And you cannot really show the Satie notes without the original running commentaries above the notes, esp. on the Gnossiennes. The original sheets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlU80BLtAwE

E.g. Postulez en vous-même. Wonder about yourself. Munissez-vous de clairvoyance. Provide yourself with shrewdness. Seul, pendant un instant. Alone, for a moment. Très perdu. Very lost. Ouvrez la tête. Open your head. Superstitieusement. Superstitiously. D'une manière très particulière. In a very particular way. Léger comme un œuf. Light as an egg.

Also, he was pretty weird: https://flypaper.soundfly.com/diversions/composer-erik-satie...