Erik Satie Three Piece SuiteComposer, pianist and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle poque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three piece suit and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before Surrealism and a conceptual artist before Conceptual Art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was always a few steps ahead of his peers at the apex of modernism. Theres scarcely a turn in postwar music, both classical and popular, that