What nationality was the composer who coined the term Furniture Music ?
Furniture music Furniture music, or in French musique d’ameublement (sometimes more literally translated as "furnishing" music), is background music originally played by live performers. The term was coined by Erik Satie in 1917.
Leslie Bassett Leslie Bassett (January 22, 1923 – February 4, 2016) was an American composer of classical music, and the University of Michigan's Albert A. Stanley Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Composition. Bassett received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Music for his "Variations for Orchestra".