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Erik Satie – a psychopathological approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M. Gonçalves-Pinho  and
J.P. Ribeiro
M. Gonçalves-Pinho*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel, Portugal
J.P. Ribeiro
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry And Mental Health, Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Penafiel, Portugal, Penafiel, Portugal
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Éric Satie was a French classical music composer born in May of 1866. He composed several music pieces that did not fit the contemporaneous musical standard once he did not follow the orthodox rules of composition and harmonic expression.

Objectives

To analyse Erik Satie personality traits and possible psychopathological findings.

Methods

A narrative review was performed using Google Scholar database.

Results

His music, as it occurs in most musical composers, was said to translate his own personality and state of mind at the time. He was described as an eccentric with multiple descriptions demonstrating unstable and explosive personality traits of pride, determination, perfectionism and a hatred for convention that would put him near a Cluster A type of personality.

Conclusions

Although some authors conclude that Satie could be diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome I believe that his specificities represent more of personality traits than pathological findings.

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

Keywords

Erik SatieMusicpsychiatryPersonality
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S687
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