Like the "Gymnopédies", the "Gnossiennes" also allude to ancient Greek traditions. Perhaps inspired by the World Exhibition in Paris in 1889, Satie made use of oriental ornamentation.
With his subtle intuition for musical tendencies that were "en vogue", he combined exotic elements with influences from cabaret music and, of course, his own ideas to create something very new. Several of the "Gnossiennes" take one by surprise on account of puzzling fragments of text between the lines of music. According to Satie they were not supposed to be read aloud but to create a secret link between composer and player - a creative challenge, which we are passing on to present-day musicians in our Urtext edition.
與《吉姆諾佩迪舞曲》一樣,《格諾西恩舞曲》也隱含著古希臘傳統。或許是受到1889年巴黎世界博覽會的啟發,薩蒂運用了東方裝飾元素。
憑藉他對當時流行音樂趨勢的敏銳直覺,他將異國元素與歌舞廳音樂的影響以及他自身的理念相結合,創造出一種全新的音樂風格。一些《格諾西恩舞曲》的樂譜中穿插著令人費解的文字片段,令人耳目一新。薩蒂認為這些文字並非用來朗讀的,而是為了在作曲家和演奏者之間建立一種秘密聯繫——這是一種創造性的挑戰,而我們在原始版本中也將其傳遞給了當代的音樂家。