In a typically humorous manner Satie countered the myth of the great master?s ?last thought? with his ?Next-to-last thoughts? (Avant-dernières Pensées). As was usual with his piano works from 1912 onwards, each of the three highly distinctive pieces with their sound sensitive piano settings contained a short whimsical story printed in the musical text as a subtext, which is more or less closely connected with the music. Satie dedicated his ?Next-to-last thoughts? to prominent contemporaries: Claude Debussy (for no. 1 ?Idylle?), with whom he was close friends, Paul Dukas (no. 2 ?Aubade?, in English ?Dawn serenade?), whose music he greatly admired, and Albert Roussel (no. 3 ?Méditation?), his former teacher of counterpoint at the Schola Cantorum in Paris.
Avant-dernières Pensées
| Instrument | Piano |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Post-1900, Romantic |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Instrumental Arbete |
| Sidor | 20 |
| Media | Noter |
| Serie | Henle Urtext Editions |
| Publisher/Producent | Henle Verlag |
| Bidragsgivare | Satie, Erik (Composer) Krämer, Ulrich (Editor) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISMN | 9790201811819 |