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Vexations (Erik Satie), complete (2 versions) - MIDI - zipped.

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The ZIP file contains also a TXT file, with further details. Here follows a transcript of part of that text:

The ZIP-file (Vexations-MIDI.zip) contains two interpretations in MIDI-format (Vexa-840-Pfs-2B+1-mf-39-nat.MID and Vexa-840-Pfs-2B+1-mf-26-nat.MID) of the composition called "VEXATIONS", by Erik Satie.

These interpretations conform to:

840 repetitions of the "motif";
Instrument: Pianoforte solo (MIDI channel 1; MIDI instrument 1: Grand Piano);
Theme of the Bass-line repeated 2 times for every repetition of the "motif" (i.e. once before each half of the motif) + once after the last motif at the end;
Volume: mezzoforte (which is only of relative importance, except when executed on an analog instrument);
Tempo:

for Vexa-840-Pfs-2B+1-mf-39-nat.MID: 39 quarter-note beats per minute (which amounts to about the same total execution time as at it's creation in 1963 by John Cage et. al.);
for Vexa-840-Pfs-2B+1-mf-26-nat.MID: 26 quarter-note beats per minute (which is what the pianist Armin Fuchs, expert in solo-performances of the complete Vexations, considers to be their correct tempo);

Executed as if a ♮ preceded the A on the 6th beat of the 2nd half of the motif.

No other expression applied.

For a further discussion regarding execution of the "Vexations", see: Vexations article

The ZIP-file produced and uploaded by user:Francis Schonken should be bug/virus-free. If there are nonetheless problems, please report here

1 Copyright and licensing info
- 1.1 Enclosed MIDI-formatted music
  - 1.1.1 For Satie's original sheet music on which the enclosed music files are based
  - 1.1.2 For the interpretation, performance, rendering of this music
- 1.2 For the enclosed TXT file

[edit] Copyright and licensing info

[edit] Enclosed MIDI-formatted music

[edit] For Satie's original sheet music on which the enclosed music files are based

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Vexations":

To illustrate the object in question
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
On the English-language Wikipedia ([1]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([2]),

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed fair use rationale.

Note: Satie's original Vexations music "might" be Public Domain in US or other countries - since however I have not been able to establish this unambigously (except for France, where it is unambiguously not in the Public Domain), I thought it the safer option to publish it in Wikipedia under "Fair use". If anyone can add more updated copyright information on Satie's Vexations, please do so! --Francis Schonken 12:54, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] For the interpretation, performance, rendering of this music

--engineered by Francis Schonken--

This work is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or any later version.

This work is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

[edit] For the enclosed TXT file

--author: Francis Schonken--

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
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(del) (cur) 10:53, 8 August 2004 . . Francis Schonken (Talk | contribs) . . 0×0 (14,482 bytes) (Vexations (Erik Satie), complete - MIDI - zipped)
(del) (rev) 14:03, 14 July 2004 . . Francis Schonken (Talk | contribs) . . 0×0 (14,441 bytes) (2 different MIDI versions of Erik Satie's Vexations)
(del) (rev) 11:18, 13 July 2004 . . Francis Schonken (Talk | contribs) . . 0×0 (7,585 bytes) (Vexations (Erik Satie), complete - MIDI - zipped)