Ogives
Sign in to savethumb|upright|Erik Satie in the late 1880s The Ogives are four pieces for piano composed by Erik Satie in the late 1880s. They were published in 1889, and were the first compositions by Satie he did not publish in his father's music publishing house.
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thumb|upright|Erik Satie in the late 1880s The Ogives are four pieces for piano composed by Erik Satie in the late 1880s. They were published in 1889, and were the first compositions by Satie he did not publish in his father's music publishing house.
left|thumb|An example of French Gothic ogival arches, the type that inspired Satie's Ogives Satie was said to have been inspired by the form of the windows of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris when composing the Ogives. An ogive is the curve that forms the outline of a pointed gothic arch.