"Socrate" composer (5)
I believe the answer is:
satie
'socrate composer' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for satie that I've seen before include "posed by yours truly close to stage" , "French avant-garde composer, Erik, d. 1925" , "Erik -----, French early minimalist composer" , "scorer" , "creative Frenchman" .)