In honor of the birthday of Erik Satie, here is an arrangement for flute and harp of his Gymnopedie No. 1.
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Just lovely. Reminds me that my mother used to try and play this but as she got older she had a harder time with her embouchure and never played this in public. Thank you Bob for this little flashback. ~~dru~~
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Happy Birthday, Erik. Beautiful. 🙂 — Suzanne
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This is the first arrangement of one of Satie’s Gym… or Gno… pieces I have heard that actually ends. The others just stop, and that ruins them for me. Glad U found this.
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