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.
Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel) The Valses nobles et sentimentales is a suite of waltzes composed by Maurice Ravel. The piano version was published in 1911, and an orchestral version was published in 1912. The title was chosen in homage to Franz Schubert, who had released collections of waltzes in 1823 entitled "Valses nobles" and "Valses sentimentales". The piano edition is published with a quotation of Henri de Régnier: "…le plaisir délicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile" (the delicious and forever-new pleasure of a useless occupation).