I found in the book "The World of Twentieth Century Music", David Ewen
(Prencite Hall Inc; Englewood Cliffs, 1969), pages 668-675(article about
Satie), the following translations:

>Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois

Sketch and provocations of a big wooden simpleton

>Avant-dernieres pensees

Next to last thoughts

>Veritables preludes flasques

Real flabby preludes

>Trois Morceaux en forme de poire

Three Pieces in the shape of a pear

David Ewen explains: "Gimnopedia" was a religious festival in ancient
Sparta in which naked youth worshiped their gods in song and dance.

Also he explains about "Gnossiennes": Satie was inspired by a reading
of Flaubert`s "Salammbo" to compose these pieces.

Edson Tadeu Ortolan
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