Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie, Miniature music museum in Montmartre, Paris, France.
Description
The Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie was a tiny museum occupying a 3x3 meter utility room at Rue Cortot in Montmartre. The collection displayed personal belongings and items related to the composer's life, documenting his time in this confined space.
History
The museum was founded in 1983 by musicologist Ornella Volta, documenting the residence where the composer lived from 1896 to 1898. It operated until 2008, when it closed and its collection was transferred to the nearby Musée de Montmartre.
Culture
The space reflects how cramped living conditions shaped the creative work of composers in Paris during the late 1800s. The displayed items reveal the modest lifestyle of an innovative musician whose work would transform modern music.
Practical
Visitors could enter the space only in groups of no more than two people due to the extremely limited room size. Advance reservations were necessary to secure a spot for viewing the display.
Did you know?
While living in this tiny room, the composer wrote Pièces froides in 1897 sleeping on a camp bed that blocked the entrance door. This extreme constraint seemed to shape and fuel his creative thinking during this period.
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