Le Piège de Méduse

Le Piège de Méduse ("The Ruse of Medusa") is a short play of which Erik Satie wrote both the text and the incidental music. The text of the play was written as a comédie lyrique in one act, February–March 1913. In June of the same year Satie added the music, a set of seven little dances, originally composed for piano. The first printed edition of the text of the play in 1921 contained 3 cubist woodcut engravings by Georges Braque. The piano version of the music was first published in 1929, a few years after the composer's death. The orchestral score was not published until 40 years later.