Erik Satie : Sonatine bureaucratique (Piano Solo). Composed by Erik Satie (1866-1925). Edited by Ulrich Kr and Ulrich KrŠmer. For Piano. Henle Music Folios.
(HL.51481075).
Although Satie took the classical form as a model for his ÒSonatine,Ó it is quintessentially an ironic work. The composer included lines of text between the staves that describe the day of a typical Parisian bureaucrat.