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Quiz about Satie
Quiz about Satie

Satie Trivia Quiz


This is a quiz about one of my favourite composers, Satie.

A multiple-choice quiz by elizabethmc. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
elizabethmc
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
194,969
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
290
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is Satie's first name?

Answer: (4 letters)
Question 2 of 10
2. True or false: Satie's father was a composer.


Question 3 of 10
3. How long did Satie spend at the Paris Conservatory? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Satie only had one known relationship in life, a six-month love affair, with Suzanne Valadon. Which of these occupations was not one of Valadon's? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. How old was Satie when he wrote his 'Gymnopédies'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. How many 'Gnossiennes' did Satie write? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these films has not featured a piece of music by Satie? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Satie wrote a ballet called 'Parade'. Which of these items was not used as a musical instrument? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What was Satie's last compostion called? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In which year did Satie die? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is Satie's first name?

Answer: Erik

Erik Satie was born in Honfleur in Normandy on 17th May 1866.
2. True or false: Satie's father was a composer.

Answer: True

Satie's mother was also a composer.
3. How long did Satie spend at the Paris Conservatory?

Answer: one year

He was 17 when he spent a year at the Paris Conservatory.
4. Satie only had one known relationship in life, a six-month love affair, with Suzanne Valadon. Which of these occupations was not one of Valadon's?

Answer: Dancer

Valadon ended the relationship with Satie, leaving him with 'nothing but an icy loneliness that fills the head with emptiness and the heart with sadness'.
See http://www.af.lu.se/~fogwall/article5.html
5. How old was Satie when he wrote his 'Gymnopédies'?

Answer: 22

When Satie was introduced to the famous Chat Noir cabaret, he didn't want to be known as a musician, and called himself a Gymnopediste.
6. How many 'Gnossiennes' did Satie write?

Answer: 6

The 'Gnossiennes' were originally written for solo piano.
7. Which of these films has not featured a piece of music by Satie?

Answer: Along Came Polly

'Along Came Polly' feautured a piece of music by Beethoven, but none by Satie.
8. Satie wrote a ballet called 'Parade'. Which of these items was not used as a musical instrument?

Answer: Spoons

Strange but true! Satie used many unconventional musical instruments in this piece which he composed between 1916 and 1917.
9. What was Satie's last compostion called?

Answer: Cinéma: Entr'acte Symphonique

'Cinéma: Entr'acte Symphonique' translates to 'Cinema: Between Symphonic Act'. It was written by Satie in 1924.
10. In which year did Satie die?

Answer: 1925

Satie died in Paris on 1st July 1925, aged 59.
Source: Author elizabethmc

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