Vieux Sequins Et Vieilles Cuirasses
''Vieux sequins et vieilles cuirasses'' ''(Old Sequins and Ancient Breastplates)'' is a 1913 piano composition by Erik Satie. One of his humoristic keyboard suites, it was published by the firm E. Demets that year but not premiered until 1917. In performance it lasts about 5 minutes. Description Satie completed the three pieces of the ''Vieux sequins'' between September 9 and 17, 1913. Greed and the military are the main targets of its satire but Satie ramps up the irony by toning down the music, opting for gentler chords and a refined tone overall. His trademark witty musical quotations - from opera, martial music and children's songs - are more prominent here than usual. The "Sequin (coin), sequins" of the title are not the fashion item but a Venetian gold coin used for some 500 years until the fall of the Republic of Venice under Napoleon Bonaparte, Napoleon (1797). ''1. Chez le Marchand d'or (Venise, XIIIe Siècle)'' ''(At the Gold Merchant's [Venice, 13th Century] )'' : ...
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