Embryons desséchés [SEP] instrumentation
Embryons desséchés
Embryons desséchés (""Desiccated embryos"") is a piano composition by Erik Satie, composed in the summer of 1913. The composition consists of three little "movements", each taking about two to three minutes to play.
The music.
The parts of the composition are:
1. "(Desiccated embryo) of a Holothurian" (30 June 1913), dedicated to Suzanne Roux:
2. "(Desiccated embryo) of an Edriophthalma" (1 July 1913)
, dedicated to Edouard Dreyfus:
3. "(Desiccated embryo) of a Podophthalma" (4 July 1913), dedicated to Jane Mortier:
Orchestral version.
Composer/conductor Friedrich Cerha orchestrated Embryons desséchés for a 1970 recording of Satie's orchestral music (CE 31018) by his ensemble, "Die Reihe." This performance of Embryons desséchés features an actress reciting the narratives from Satie's original score synchronously with the music, even though the composer disapproved of such a practice.
The crustaceans.