Gymnopédie No. 1

Erik Satie

For alto sax and piano

Written in C major, range D4 to G5

A hot, still afternoon: someone sways slowly through a sunlit room, lost in a sad, dreamy thought that never quite ends. Satie marked it “Lent et douloureux”, slow and sorrowful.

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