In 1893, Erik Satie composed an enigmatic little piano piece titled “Vexations.” At the head of the score, he wrote, “To play this motif eight hundred forty times in a row, it would be advisable to ...
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Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The pianist livestreamed “Vexations,” a solo of four lines repeated 840 times, to evoke the crisis facing artists during the coronavirus pandemic. By ...