quiet instrumental songs for reading in bed or falling asleep (picture: "Ophelia" by Friedrich Heyser)

classical music to study or sleep to

The Gymnopédies, published in Paris starting in 1888, are three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie.

The melodies of the pieces use deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, which are to play each piece "painfully", "sadly" or "gravely".

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Best of Satie
https://music.apple.com/gb/album/gymnopedie-no-1-single/847714522

Satie on Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/0vzKMInu4PzU2Qyi6NgmRK

Satie Album on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/Erik-Satie-Essential-Collection/dp/B00J0LBFIG/

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Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No.1

romance, reading & haunted libraries

lonely waltz

once upon a time

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Camille Saint-Saëns : Carnival Of The Animals - XIII. The Swan (Arr. for Piano by 임수정)

romanticizing life

Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, KK IVa, No. 16, B. 49

Garden Waltz

Leaf In The Wind

Cozy Season

Autumn Waltz

equilibrium

Recorded September 2025 at San Francisco Community Music Center. Performed on a #Yamaha concert grand piano. Converted to MIDI using #Eldoraudio. Piano rendered using CFX Lite by #Garritan. Edited and mastered using #LogicPro 11. Album cover created using #AdobeExpress. The photo is one I took.

By George Weiss and Bob Thiele
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What a Wonderful World

Recorded September 2025 at San Francisco Community Music Center. Performed on a #Yamaha concert grand piano. Converted to MIDI using #Eldoraudio. Piano rendered using CFX Lite by #Garritan. Edited and mastered using #LogicPro 11. Album cover created using #AdobeExpress. The photo is one I took.

Nocturnes, Op. 9: No. 2 in E-Flat Major

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