Vexations (Satie, Erik)

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Composition Year	1893
Genre Categories	Pieces; For keyboard; Scores featuring keyboard soloists; For 1 player; For 3 recorders (arr); For 3 players; Scores featuring the recorder

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
- 1.2 Synthesized/MIDI
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 For 3 Recorders (Kok)
3 General Information
4 Misc. Comments

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Original Version (EU)
*#201258 - 0.92MB - 1:20 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/65/!N - 641×⇩ - MP3 - Reccmo

MP3 file (audio)
Reccmo (2012/4/9)

For 3 Recorders (Kok) (EU)
*#201257 - 0.92MB - 1:20 - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/65/!N - 226×⇩ - MP3 - Reccmo

MP3 file (audio)
Reccmo (2012/4/9)

Performers	Synthesized
Publisher Info.	Arnold den Teuling
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection.
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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score (EU)
*#497607 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/V - 3937×⇩ - Socrate1918

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Socrate1918 (2017/10/21)

Publisher. Info.	Manuscript, n.d.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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Complete Score (EU)
*#75616 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/45/V - 22330×⇩ - Daphnis

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Daphnis (2010/8/19)

Publisher. Info.	Pages mystiques Paris: Max Eschig, 1969. Plate M.E. 7714.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US [tag/del]
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Complete Score (EU)
*#135853 - 0.04MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/45/!N - 7751×⇩ - A.d.Teuling

PDF typeset by editor
A.d.Teuling (2011/10/12)

Engraving Files (M-Tx, Sibelius) (EU)
*#201255 - 0.06MB, ? pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/45/!N - 1581×⇩ - A.d.Teuling

ZIP typeset by editor
A.d.Teuling (2012/4/9)

Editor	Jan Kok and Arnold den Teuling
Publisher. Info.	Jan Kok, Arnold den Teuling
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection. This edition has been made from a copy of the manuscript, found on internet. The link has alas been broken.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 3 Recorders (Kok)

Complete Score (ATB recorders) (EU)
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PDF typeset by arranger
A.d.Teuling (2011/10/12)

Arranger	Jan Kok
Publisher. Info.	Jan Kok
Copyright	Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike 3.0 - Non-PD US [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Transposed up a fouth. These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection.
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General Information

Work Title	Vexations
Alternative. Title
Composer	Satie, Erik
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IES 78
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1893
First Performance.	1963
First Publication.	1949
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	keyboard
External Links	Wikipedia article All Music Guide

Misc. Comments

Edited from an image of the manuscript, see http://satie-archives.com/web/vexmanus.html . The manuscript does not specify an instrument, but almost always played on piano. the simplest sort of chaconne in form (since everything, not just the bass, repeats ad infinitum).

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