Ode to a grand staircase (for four hands)
- Title
- Ode to a grand staircase (for four hands)
- LC Subject
- Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 Adaptations
- Repository
- University of Oregon. Design Library
- Creator
- Tetenbaum, Barbara Chen, Julie
- Contributor
- Satie, Erik, 1866-1925
- Description
- Ode to a Grand Staircase (for four hands) is based on composer Erik Satie's The March of the Grand Staircase (1914) and it's silent libretto-- musical notes that Satie forbade to be read aloud. The book is housed in a red, cloth covered box with a magnetic closure. The inside back of the case lists facts about Satie. The french-door structure of the book has a central cutouts, so that each page reveals something of the pages to come. Each of the two spines is made up of a shallow accordion fold, with pages glued to the folds in the manner of a flag book. When the covers are pulle out the pages stand out immitating the form of a staircase. When fully extended and viewed from above, the staircase/ piano key motif is further apparent. Signed by the artists
- State Edition
- No. 52 in an edition of 100
- Work Type
- folded books Flag book French door books
- Issued
- 2001
- Identifier
- Chen_Odet_02
- Item Locator
- N7433.4.C55 O34 2001
- Rights
- In Copyright
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Flying Fish Press Triangular Press
- Type
- Image
- Format
- image/tiff
- Measurements
- 19 x 97 cm. folded to 19 x 17 cm
- Set
- Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries
- Primary Set
- Artistsʼ Books at the University of Oregon Libraries
- Institution
- University of Oregon
- Mode Of Issuance
- monographs; Editioned
- Place Of Production
- Berkeley >> Alameda County >> California >> United States Portland >> Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States
- Description Of Manifestation
- The story in this book comes from The March of the Grand Staircase, composed by Erik Satie in 1914; Ode to a Grand Staircase (For Four Hands) is a visual dialog created by Julie Chen and Barbara Tetenbaum, who found their inspiration in the work of composer Erik Satie. The text is derived from the musical directives and silent librettos which accompanied his scores. Thanks to Anna Sacramento for production assistance and to Claudia Wober for the translation. We dedicate this book to the memory of two men, Peter Chen and David Tetenbaum, whose lives inspired the music in our own.
