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In October 1905 Satie enrolled in Vincent d ' Indy's Schola Cantorum de Paris to study classical counterpoint while still continuing his cabaret work.
Most of his friends were as dumbfounded as the professors at the Schola when they heard about his new plan to return to the classrooms, especially as d ' Indy was an admiring pupil of Saint-Saƫns, not particularly favoured by Satie.
Satie would follow these courses at the Schola, as a respected pupil, for more than five years, receiving a first ( intermediate ) diploma in 1908.
Some of his classroom counterpoint-exercises, such as the, were published after his death.
Another summary, of the period prior to the Schola, also appeared in 1911: the, which was a kind of compilation of the best of what he had written up to 1903.

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