Satie’s Vexations at Butler University

Irwin Library hosted a performance of Satie’s Vexations this Sunday April 10, 2016 in the Collaborative Learning Space on the main floor from 9 AM, Sunday, April 10th through 1 AM, Monday, April 11th. The work was written in 1893, and consists of a short musical phrase that is repeated 840 times without stopping. Below you see the transition from one performer to the next. The TV screen displays how many times the phrase has been played.
Caleb Meadows playing the Vexation phrase