List of compositions by Erik Satie


In this list of Erik Satie's musical compositions, those series or sets comprising several pieces with nothing but tempo indications to distinguish the movements by name, are generally given with the number of individual pieces simply stated in square brackets. If the pieces in a series have distinct titles, for example the 21 pieces in Sports et divertissements, all titles are given.
Many of Satie's works were not published until many years after they were composed, including a considerable number first published posthumously. This article gives the known or approximate date of composition for each work.

Piano music

Series

Ogives Sarabandes Gymnopédies Gnossiennes Danses gothiques Pièces froides Trois morceaux en forme de poire

Individual pieces

Allegro Valse-ballet Fantaisie-valse Chanson hongroise

Posthumous collections

Some of Satie's early and/or unpublished works, as well as drafts and exercises, were published in the second half of the 20th century. These included the following collections:Gnossiennes 4-6
  • Douze Petits Chorals pour Piano Musiques intimes et secrètes, three pieces from 1906 to 1913:
  • # Nostalgie
  • # Froide songerie
  • # Fâcheux exempleSix Pièces de la période, six pieces from 1906 to 1913:
  • # Désespoir agréable
  • # Both of Deux choses
  • # Prélude canin from 2 préludes pour un chien
  • # Minuet exercises: Profondeur and Songe-creuxCarnet d'Esquisses et de Croquis, some 20 sketches and fragments from 1897 to 1914
  • # "Coucher de soleil du sommeil"
  • # "Eaux troublées"
  • # "Deuil"
  • # "Lignes dans le sable"
  • # "Ondulation"
  • # "Champ"
  • # "Transparence"
  • # "Le Mur de Verre”
  • # "Traces de lignes"
  • # "Fin soudaine"
  • # "Prochaines étapes"

Orchestral

Danse, for small orchestra Le Bœuf Angora Musique d'ameublement
  • # Tapisserie en fer forgé, for flute, clarinet, trumpet and strings
  • # Carrelage phonique, for flute, clarinet and stringsTrois petites pièces montées Musique d'ameublement: tenture de cabinet préfectoral, for small orchestra

Other instrumental music

Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes), for violin and piano

Dramatic works

Salut drapeau!, hymn for Le Prince de Byzance, for voice and/or piano/organ

Vocal music

Large-scale works

Messe des pauvres, for SB chorus and organ Socrate, for soloists and chamber orchestra or piano

Songs

Trois mélodies

Cabaret songs

Un dîner à l'Elysée Le veuf Petit recueil des fêtes
  • # Le picador est mort
  • # Sorcière
  • # Enfant-martyre
  • # Air fantômeJ'avais un ami Les bons mouvements Douceur d'oublier Impérial-Oxford Légende californienne L'omnibus automobile Chez le docteur Allons-y Chochotte Rambouillet Les oiseaux Marienbad Psitt! Psitt!
  • ''La chemise ''

Compositions with multiple arrangements

Trois sonneries de la Rose+Croix, fanfares for trumpets, harps and/or, possibly, orchestra ; version for solo piano Poudre d'or : versions for orchestra and for solo pianoTendrement : versions for voice and piano, for solo piano, and for orchestraIllusion : versions for orchestra and for solo pianoJe te veux : versions for voice and piano, for solo piano, and for orchestraLa Diva de l'Empire : versions for voice and piano, for solo piano, and for orchestraLe Piccadilly : versions for piano and strings, and for solo pianoEn habit de cheval : versions for piano 4 hands and for orchestra