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Francis Poulenc

Notable works by Francis Poulenc.

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Aubade (Poulenc)

Aubade (FP051a, and FP051b for the piano reduction), a choreographic concerto for piano and 18 instruments, is a work of Francis Poulenc premiered in 1929. It was conceived as a ballet, but is more

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Banalités (Poulenc)

Banalités (FP 107) is a set of five mélodies for voice and piano composed by Francis Poulenc in 1940 on poems by Guillaume Apollinaire

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Cello Sonata (Poulenc)

Francis Poulenc completed his Sonate pour violoncelle et piano (Cello Sonata), FP 143, in 1948. He first sketched it in 1940. It was dedicated to the French cellist Pierre Fournier, who had helped

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Chanson à boire (Poulenc)

Chanson à boire, (Drinking song), FP 31, is a choral work by Francis Poulenc, composed in 1922 on an anonymous text of the 17th century for a four-part men's chorus a cappella. It was published first

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Chansons gaillardes

The Chansons gaillardes (Ribald songs) FP 42, are a song cycle of eight pieces composed by Francis Poulenc in 1925–26 "in euphoria and post-war" on anonymous texts of the 17th century. The work was

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Clarinet Sonata (Poulenc)

The Sonate pour clarinette et piano (Clarinet Sonata), FP 184, for clarinet in B and piano by Francis Poulenc dates from 1962 and is one of the last pieces he completed. It is dedicated to the memory

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Concert champêtre

Concert champêtre (, Pastoral Concerto), FP 49, is a harpsichord concerto by Francis Poulenc, which also exists in a version for piano solo with very slight changes in the solo part. A typical

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Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (Poulenc)

Francis Poulenc's Concerto pour deux pianos (Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra) in D minor, FP 61, was composed over the period of three months in the summer of 1932. It is often described as the

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Deux mélodies de Guillaume Apollinaire

Deux mélodies de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP 123 (in English, Two Melodies of Guillaume Apollinaire), sometimes also referred to as Montparnasse et Hyde Park, is a set of two songs by French composer

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Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire

Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, FP 94 (in English: Two poems of Guillaume Apollinaire), is a song cycle by French composer Francis Poulenc, composed in 1938, with texts by poet Guillaume

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Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon

Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon, FP 122 (in English, Two poems of Louis Aragon), is a song cycle for voice and piano by French composer Francis Poulenc. Published just after Métamorphoses, it was

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Dialogues of the Carmelites

(, Dialogues of the Carmelites), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956.

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Dix improvisations

Dix improvisations (from French, Ten Improvisations), FP 63, is the first set of improvisations by French composer Francis Poulenc. Written for solo piano, it was finished in

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Élégie pour cor et piano

Élégie pour cor et piano – Elegy for horn and piano – FP 168 is a short, one-movement work by the French composer Francis Poulenc, written in memory of the horn player Dennis Brain, who died in 1957.

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Figure humaine

Figure humaine (Human Figure), FP 120, by Francis Poulenc is a cantata for double mixed choir of 12 voices composed in 1943 on texts by Paul Éluard including "'Liberté". Written during the Nazi

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Flute Sonata (Poulenc)

The Sonate pour flûte et piano (Flute Sonata), FP 164, by Francis Poulenc, is a three-movement work for flute and piano, written in 1957. The sonata was commissioned by the American Library of

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Gloria (Poulenc)

The Gloria by Francis Poulenc, FP 177, scored for soprano solo, large orchestra, and chorus, is a setting of the Gloria text from the mass ordinary. One of Poulenc's most celebrated works, it was

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Huit nocturnes

Huit nocturnes (in English, Eight Nocturnes), FP 56, is a cycle of nocturnes for solo piano by French composer Francis Poulenc. Written over a period of nine years, each one of the nocturnes were

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L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant

L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (The story of Babar, the little elephant), FP 129, is a composition for narrator and piano by Francis Poulenc, based on Histoire de Babar and written from 1940.

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La Courte Paille

La Courte Paille (The Short Straw), FP 178, is a set of seven songs for voice and piano, composed in 1960 by Francis Poulenc on poems by Maurice Carême. The duration of the work is roughly 8

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La Guirlande de Campra

La Guirlande de Campra is collaborative orchestral work written by seven French composers in 1952. It is in the form of variations or meditations on a theme from André Campra's 1717 opera Camille,

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La Voix humaine

(English: The Human Voice) is a 40-minute, one-act opera for soprano and orchestra composed by Francis Poulenc in 1958. The work is based on the play of the same name by Jean Cocteau, who, along with

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Le bestiaire (Poulenc)

Le bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée (in English, The Book of Beasts, or the Procession of Orpheus), FP 15a, is a song cycle for voice and instrumental ensemble by French composer Francis Poulenc, after

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Le Gendarme incompris

Le Gendarme incompris (The misunderstood Gendarme) is a one-act play written in 1920 by Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet and set to music by Francis Poulenc, his FP 20a. The play features three

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Les Animaux modèles

Les Animaux modèles, FP 111, is a ballet dating from 1940 to 1942 with music by Francis Poulenc. It was the third and final ballet that he composed and was staged at the Paris Opéra in 1942, with

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Les Biches

Les Biches (; The Hinds or The Does, or The Darlings) is a one-act ballet to music by Francis Poulenc, choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered by the Ballets Russes on 6 January 1924 at

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Les Chemins de l'amour

"Les Chemins de l'Amour" ("The Ways of Love") is a 1940 valse chantée, or sung waltz, by Francis Poulenc to lyrics by Jean Anouilh. It was written for soprano voice as part of Poulenc's incidental

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Les Mamelles de Tirésias

Les Mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias) is an opéra bouffe by Francis Poulenc, in a prologue and two acts based on the eponymous play by Guillaume Apollinaire. The opera was written in

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Litanies à la Vierge Noire

(; "Litany to the Black Virgin"), FP 82, is a piece of sacred music composed by Francis Poulenc in 1936 for a three-part choir of women (or children) and organ, setting a French litany recited at the

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Mass in G major (Poulenc)

(Mass in G major), FP 89, is a missa brevis by Francis Poulenc. He set most parts of the Latin mass to music in 1937, scored for a mixed choir a

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Métamorphoses (Poulenc)

Métamorphoses, FP 121, is a short song cycle for voice and piano by French composer Francis

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Mouvements perpétuels

Mouvements perpétuels (), FP 14a, is a short three-movement solo-piano piece by French composer Francis

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Oboe Sonata (Poulenc)

The , FP 185, is an oboe sonata by Francis Poulenc dating from 1962. The composer's last work, it is dedicated to the memory of Sergei Prokofiev. Composed in 1962, the Oboe Sonata is the last of

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Organ Concerto (Poulenc)

The Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales (Concerto for organ, timpani and strings) in G minor, FP 93, is an organ concerto composed by Francis Poulenc between 1934 and 1938. It has become one of

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Piano Concerto (Poulenc)

The Piano Concerto in C minor, FP 146, by French composer Francis Poulenc is the last of his five concertos. Written in 1949 on commission from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, it has three movements

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Quatre Motets pour un temps de pénitence

(Four Penitential Motets), FP 97, are four sacred motets composed by Francis Poulenc in 1938–39. He wrote them on Latin texts for penitence, scored for four unaccompanied

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Quatre Petites Prières de saint François d'Assise

Quatre Petites Prières de saint François d'Assise, FP 142 (Four small prayers of Saint Francis of Assisi) is a sacred choral work by Francis Poulenc for a cappella men's chorus, composed in 1948.

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Rapsodie nègre

Rapsodie nègre, FP 3, is a work dating from 1917 by Francis Poulenc for flute, clarinet, string quartet, baritone and piano. It was the composer's first work to be publicly performed. The piece is in

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Sécheresses

Sécheresses (Drought), FP 90, is a cantata by Francis Poulenc for mixed choir (SATB) composed in 1937 on poems by Edward James who commissioned it. It was regarded as a failure when it was premiered

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Sept Répons des ténèbres

(Seven Responsories for Tenebrae), FP 181, is a piece of sacred music composed by Francis Poulenc in 1961. He wrote the work in seven movements on Latin texts from the Responsories for the Holy Week

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Sextet (Poulenc)

Francis Poulenc's Sextuor (Sextet), FP 100, is a chamber music piece written for a standard wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and French horn) and piano. Estimates about the time of its

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Sinfonietta (Poulenc)

The Sinfonietta, FP 141, is a work for orchestra by Francis Poulenc. Composed in 1947 on a commission from the BBC, it was first performed in London on 24 October 1948, conducted by Roger Désormière.

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Soirées de Nazelles

Les Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84, is a set of variations for piano written by the French composer Francis Poulenc. During the evenings, the composer used to sit at the piano and improvise "portraits"

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Sonata for clarinet and bassoon

The Sonata for clarinet and bassoon (Sonate pour clarinette et basson), FP 32a, is a piece of chamber music composed by Francis Poulenc. This sonata is the third work of chamber music of the composer

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Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

The Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone (Sonate pour cor, trompette et trombone), FP 33a, by Francis Poulenc is a piece of chamber music composed in 1922 and dedicated to Raymonde Linossier

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Sonata for two clarinets

The Sonata for two clarinets (Sonate pour deux clarinettes), FP 7, is a piece of chamber music composed by Francis Poulenc in 1918. It is unusual among clarinet duets in that it is written for B

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Stabat Mater (Poulenc)

Stabat Mater, FP 148, is a musical setting of the Stabat Mater sequence composed by Francis Poulenc in

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Tel jour, telle nuit

Tel jour, telle nuit or Tel jour telle nuit (in English: or ) is a song cycle consisting of nine songs by French composer Francis Poulenc. Based on poems by Paul Éluard, it was finished in

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Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano

The Trio pour hautbois, basson et piano (Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano), FP 43, by Francis Poulenc is a three-movement chamber work, composed between 1924 and 1926, and premiered in the latter

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Violin Sonata (Poulenc)

The Sonate pour violon et piano (Violin Sonata), FP 119, by Francis Poulenc was composed in 1942–1943 in memory of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. The score, dedicated to Poulenc's niece

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