The Sarabandes are three dances for solo piano composed in 1887 by Erik Satie. Along with the famous Gymnopédies (1888) they are regarded as his first important works, and the ones upon which his reputation as a harmonic innovator and precursor of modern French music, beginning with Debussy, principally rests. The Sarabandes also played a key role in Satie's belated "discovery" by the French musical establishment in the 1910s, setting the stage for his international notoriety.
| Date of composition | 1887 |
| First published | 1911 |
| Type | Sarabande |
| Approx. duration | 15 minutes |
| Instruments | Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Erik Satie: Sarabandes Erik Satie: Sarabandes Erik Satie: Sarabandes |