The comically surrealist plot involves the elderly (and very confused) Baron Méduse (his name means Medusa in French), his daughter Frisette (to whom the Baron actually refers as his "fille de lait", which would imply that the Baron was Frisette's wet-nurse), Frisette's young suitor Astolpho, and the Baron's recalcitrant valet Polycarpe. There is also a mechanical monkey, named Jonas, dancing to the intermittent music.
| Original Name | Le piège de Méduse |
| Librettist | Erik Satie |
| Date of composition | 1913 |
| Premiered | 1921, May 24th (Théâtre Michel) in Paris, France |
| First published | 1921 |
| Approx. duration | 4 minutes |
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Erik Satie: Medusa's trap "Monkey Dances for Piano" Erik Satie: Medusa's trap "Monkey Dances for Piano" Erik Satie: Medusa's trap "Monkey Dances for Piano" |