(Schirmer Performance Editions). Throughout his life, Satie was so surrounded with the creative and modern atmosphere that permeated La Belle Epoque (The Beautiful Era), that he himself became a symbol of the age. These six short pieces from the composer's early years capture the graceful unconventionality that defines Satie. Intermediate Level. | Satie - Gymnopedies And Gnossiennes by Erik Satie, Book & Toy | Indigo Chapters