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Francis Poulenc

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

Suite#

Poulenc derived a suite for orchestra drawn from the incidental music, which was first performed in London on 11 July 1921, conducted by Ernest Ansermet). The work comprises 3 movements for double bass, cello, violin, clarinet, trumpet and trombone: * I. Ouverture * II. Madrigal * III. Final The duration is about 6:35 minutes

  • Le Gendarme incompris on YouYube
  • Le Gendarme incompris on data.bnf.fr
  • Le gendarme incompris (suite), FP 20b on IMSLP
  • Le Gendarme incompris
  • Poulenc: Le Gendarme Incompris - Comédie-bouffe en un acte mêlée de chants - Scène 2 - “Enfin cette ridicule comédie va cesser” on Amazon
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Francis Poulenc