This is a list of works written by the French

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Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...

(1899–1963). As a pianist, Poulenc composed many pieces for his own instrument in his piano music and

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. He wrote works for orchestra including several

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s, also three

opera Opera is a form of theatre in which music is a fundamental component and dramatic roles are taken by singers. Such a "work" (the literal translation of the Italian word "opera") is typically a collaboration between a composer and a librett ...

s, two

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

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for plays and film music. He composed songs ('' mélodies''), often on texts by contemporary authors. His religious music includes the

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in G major, the

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and

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Overview

The composer had written a catalogue of his works in 1921, which is reproduced in Schmidt's book. According to this list, the first noted piece was in 1914 ''Processional pour la crémation d'un mandarin'' for piano, now lost or destroyed. Poulenc completed his last work, his Oboe Sonata, in 1962. Piano, chamber music and songs As a professional pianist, Poulenc wrote many pieces for his own instrument. He was a prolific writer of works of

, often with piano, and some works for two pianos. Poulenc composed many songs (''mélodies''), most of them accompanied by piano, but some also in versions with a small instrumental ensembles, for example his '' Rapsodie nègre'' for baritone, flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano. He composed easily for woodwind instruments, scoring for example a piano trio with oboe and bassoon instead of the traditional violin and cello. Poulenc was less familiar with string instruments. The cellist Pierre Fournier helped him to write the Cello Sonata, which he premiered with the composer as the pianist. Poulenc destroyed all sketches for string quartets and three for violin sonatas, while only the fourth one survived, but was received critically. Orchestra and stage Among his works with orchestra are three

s, two

for plays, film music and concertos, some with unusual solo instruments such as

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and

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. The harpsichordist

Wanda Landowska Wanda Aleksandra Landowska (5 July 1879 – 16 August 1959) was a Polish harpsichordist and pianist whose performances, teaching, writings and especially her many recordings played a large role in reviving the popularity of the harpsichord in t ...

inspired the composition of the

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. It was written in 1927–28 for the harpsichordist ...

. Collaboration in the group ''Les Six'' Poulenc was a member of the group of composers '' Les Six'', with

Georges Auric Georges Auric (; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. He was considered one of ''Les Six'', a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. Before he turned 20 he ...

Louis Durey Louis Edmond Durey (; 27 May 18883 July 1979)Randel, Don Michael (1996)The Harvard biographical dictionary of music, p. 232. Harvard University Press. . was a French composer. Life Louis Durey was born in Paris, the son of a local businessman. It ...

Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six, his best known work is probably ''Antigone'', composed between 1924 and 1927 to ...

, Darius Milhaud and

Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as ''Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sai ...

, and contributed to their collective productions, which included another ballet. Sacred music and choral music Poulenc turned to writing also religious music in the 1930s, composing a

in G major for

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choir. He composed the

in 1950 in memory of the painter

Christian Bérard Christian Bérard (20 August 1902 – 11 February 1949), also known as Bebè, was a French artist, fashion illustrator and designer. Bérard and his lover Boris Kochno, who worked for the Ballets Russes and was also co-founder of the Ballets d ...

in 1950. The late

for soprano, choir and orchestra became one of his best-known works. He drew inspiration for his sacred compositions mostly from liturgical texts. Songs For his songs and

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s, he often collaborated with contemporary poets, setting poems by writers such as Guillaume Apollinaire,

Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He wa ...

Paul Éluard Paul Éluard (), born Eugène Émile Paul Grindel (; 14 December 1895 – 18 November 1952), was a French poet and one of the founders of the Surrealist movement. In 1916, he chose the name Paul Éluard, a matronymic borrowed from his maternal ...

Max Jacob Max Jacob (; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic. Life and career After spending his childhood in Quimper, Brittany, he enrolled in the Paris Colonial School, which he left in 1897 for an artistic ca ...

, Federico García Lorca, and

Louise de Vilmorin Louise or Luise may refer to: * Louise (given name) Arts Songs * "Louise" (Bonnie Tyler song), 2005 * "Louise" (The Human League song), 1984 * "Louise" (Jett Rebel song), 2013 * "Louise" (Maurice Chevalier song), 1929 *"Louise", by Clan of ...

, whom he mentioned in titles. He further set poems by Théodore de Banville,

Maurice Carême Maurice Carême (12 May 1899 – 13 January 1978) was a Belgian francophone poet, best known for his simple writing style and children's poetry. His work was part of the literature event in the art competition at the 1928 Summer Olympic ...

Colette Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (; 28 January 1873 – 3 August 1954), known mononymously as Colette, was a French author and woman of letters. She was also a mime, actress, and journalist. Colette is best known in the English-speaking world for her ...

Robert Desnos Robert Desnos (; 4 July 1900 – 8 June 1945) was a French poet who played a key role in the Surrealist movement of his day. Biography Robert Desnos was born in Paris on 4 July 1900, the son of a licensed dealer in game and poultry at the '' H ...

Maurice Fombeure Maurice Alphonse Jacques Fombeure (born in Jardres (Vienne) 23 September 1906; died at La Verrière (Yvelines) 1 January 1981) was a 20th-century French writer and poet. The son of a winemaking family from Poitou, he trained as a teacher at the ...

, Marie Laurencin,

Madeleine Ley Madeleine Ley (5 May 1901 in Antwerp – 1981) was a Belgian writer and poet. Her father was the Belgian psychiatrist . Biography After the publication of some texts, Madeleine Ley gained notoriety in 1930, with the publication of her first coll ...

, François de Malherbe, Ronsard,

Jean Moréas Jean Moréas (; born Ioannis A. Papadiamantopoulos, Ιωάννης Α. Παπαδιαμαντόπουλος; 15 April 1856 – 31 March 1910), was a Greek poet, essayist, and art critic, who wrote mostly in the French language but also in Greek ...

, Jean Nohain and Paul Valéry, among others. In 1943, during the occupation of France, a cantata ''

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 occupation of France, it was premiered in ...

'' on poems by Éluard which celebrate '' Liberté''.

List of works by FP number

''The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue'', abbreviated FP, is a chronological catalogue of

's works which was published by Carl B. Schmidt in 1995. Schmidt provides for each known composition, which includes unfinished, unpublished and lost works, a detailed history of composition and performance, and lists manuscripts and publications. In the table, the works are initially listed by the FP number. Other information given is the French title, a translation if commonly used, the

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, the scoring if not clear from the title, the year(s) of composition, the genre, text information, notes and a free score when available, and the page number in the catalogue. Abbreviations used are "rev." for "revised", "orch." for "orchestration", arr. for "arrangement" and "sc." for "score". In ''Genre'', instrumental pieces are distinguished as ''orchestral'' and ''chamber'' music, particularly that for piano. The group of stage works contains operas, ballets and incidental music, while film scores are marked separately. Sacred and secular music for voice is divided in ''choral'', for

cantata A cantata (; ; literally "sung", past participle feminine singular of the Italian verb ''cantare'', "to sing") is a vocal composition with an instrumental accompaniment, typically in several movements, often involving a choir. The meaning of ...

s and

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s, and ''vocal'', holding songs and song cycles.

List of works by genre

Stage works

Ballet

* ''

Les mariés de la tour Eiffel ''Les mariés de la tour Eiffel'' (''The Wedding Party on the Eiffel Tower'') is a ballet to a libretto by Jean Cocteau, choreography by Jean Börlin, set by , costumes by Jean Hugo, and music by five members of Les Six: Georges Auric, Arthur Hone ...

'', ballet (1921; a collaborative work by all the members of Les Six except

); Poulenc's contributions, ''Discours du General (Polka)'' and ''La Baigneuse de Trouville'' are listed as FP 23 in Schmidt's Poulenc catalog *'' Les biches'', ballet (1922/23), FP 36 *''Pastourelle'' (1927; for the children's ballet ''

L'éventail de Jeanne ''L'éventail de Jeanne'' (''Jean's Fan'') is a children's ballet choreographed in 1927 by Alice Bourgat and Yvonne Franck. The music is a collaborative work by ten French composers, each of whom contributed a stylised dance in classic form: ...

'', to which ten French composers each contributed a dance; this excerpt became better known in its piano transcription), FP 45 *'' Les animaux modèles'', ballet (1941), FP 111

Opera

*''

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 1945 and first performed in 1947. Apo ...

'', opera (1947), FP 125 *'' Dialogues of the Carmelites'', opera (1957) Composed 1953-6, FP 159 *'' La voix humaine'', monodrama (1959), FP 171

Orchestral

* Sinfonietta, FP 141 (1947) * "Matelote provençale", variation for '' La guirlande de Campra'', FP 153 (1952) * "Bucolique" for '' Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long'', FP 160 (1954)

Concertante

*''

'', for

and orchestra, (1927–1928), FP 49 *'' Aubade'', a "Concerto choréographique" for piano and 18 instruments, FP 51 (1929) * Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor (1932), FP 61 * Concerto for organ, strings and timpani in G minor (1938), FP 93 * Concerto for piano and orchestra (1949) FP 146

Vocal/choral orchestral

*''Le bal Masqué'', secular cantata on poems by

(Baritone or mezzo soprano, ensemble) (1932), FP 60 *'' Sécheresses'' (SATB, orchestra) (1939), FP 90 *''

Litanies à la Vierge Noire ' (; "Litany to the Black Virgin"), FP (Poulenc), 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 pilgrimage site Rocamadour which ...

'' (SSA, org) (1936), orchestrated (1947), FP 82 *

(Soprano solo, SATB divisi, orchestra) (1950), FP 148 *''

'' (Soprano solo, SATB divisi, orchestra) (1959), FP 177 *''La dame de Monte-Carlo'' (Soprano solo, orchestra) (1961), FP 180 *''

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 and scored it for soprano, choir, and o ...

'' (Child Soprano, Men's Chorus, Children's Chorus, orchestra) (1961-2), FP 181

Chamber/Instrumental

*'' Rapsodie nègre'', for flute, clarinet, string quartet, baritone and piano, FP 3 (1917) * Sonata for two clarinets, FP 7 (1918/1945) *''

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'' for 9 instruments, FP 14 (1946) * Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, FP 32 (1922/1945) *

Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone The ''Sonate pour cor, trompette et trombone'' (Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone), FP 33a, by Francis Poulenc is a piece of chamber music composed in 1922 and dedicated to Raymonde Linossier (1897–1930). Poulenc revised it in 1945. Its to ...

, FP 33 (1922/1945) * Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, FP 43 (1926) *Bagatelle in D minor for violin and piano, FP 60c (1932) *''Villanelle'' for pipe (pipeau) and piano, FP 74 (1934) *'' Suite française'' for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion and harpsichord, FP 80 (1935) *

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for piano and wind quintet, FP 100 (1932–9) *''Un joueur de flûte berce les ruines'', for flute (1942) * Violin Sonata, FP 119 (1942–3/1949) *'' L'Invitation au Chateau'', FP 138 (1947) * Cello Sonata, FP 143 (1940–48) *

Flute Sonata A flute sonata is a sonata usually for flute and piano, though occasionally other accompanying instruments may be used. Flute sonatas in the Baroque period were very often accompanied in the form of basso continuo. List of flute sonatas *George ...

, FP 164 (1956–7) *'' Élégie'' for horn and piano, FP 168 (1957) In memory of Dennis Brain *Sarabande for guitar, FP 179 (1960) *

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, FP 184 (1962) * Oboe Sonata, FP 185 (1962)

Piano

Solo piano

Piano four hands

*Sonata for piano, 4 hands, FP 8

Two pianos

*Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156 *''L'embarquement pour Cythère'', valse-musette for 2 pianos (from film, ''Le voyage en Amérique''), FP 150 *Élégie (en accords alternés), for 2 pianos, FP 175 *Capriccio for 2 pianos (after ''Le bal Masqué''), FP 155

Choral

*''

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'' (TTBB) (1922), FP 31 *''Sept chansons'' (SATB) (1936), FP 81 *''Litanies à la vierge noire'' (SSA, org) (1936), orchestrated (1947), FP 82 *''Les Petites Voix'' (SSA a cappella) (1936) FP 83 (

) (I. La Petite Fille sage - II. Le Chien perdu - III. En rentrant de l'école - IV. Le Petit garçon malade - V. Le Hérisson) *

in G (SATB) (1937), FP 89 *'' Sécheresses'' (chorus, orchestra) (1937), FP 90 *''

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 voices. Structure and texts The four motets are: # Timor et tre ...

'' (SATB): "Vinea mea electa", (1938); "Tenebrae factae sunt", (1938); "Tristis est anima mea", (1938); "Timor et tremor", (1939), FP 97 *''Exultate Deo'' (SATB) (1941), FP 109 *''Salve Regina'' (SATB) (1941), FP 110 *''

'' (12 voices) (1943), FP 120 *''Un soir de neige'' (6 voices) (1944), FP 126 *''Chansons françaises'': "Margoton va t'a l'iau", (SATB)(1945); "La belle se sied au pied de la tour" (SATBarB) (1945); "Pilons l'orge" (SATBarB) (1945); "Clic, clac, dansez sabots" (TBB) (1945); "C'est la petit' fill' du prince" (SATBarB) (1946); "La belle si nous étions" (TBB) (1946); "Ah! Mon beau laboureur" (SATB) (1945); "Les tisserands" (SATBarB) (1946), FP 130 *''

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'' (Men's chorus) (1948), FP 142 *''Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël'' (Mixed chorus): "O magnum mysterium" (1952); "Quem vidistis pastores?" (1951); "Videntes stellam" (1951); "Hodie Christus natus est" (1952), FP 152 *''Ave verum corpus'' (SMezA) (1952), FP 154 *''Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue'' (Men's Chorus): "O Jésu perpetua lux" (1957); "O proles hispaniae" (1958); "Laus regi plena gaudio" (1959); "Si quaeris" (1959), FP 172

Vocal

*''Rapsodie nègre'': see Chamber/Instrumental, above. *''Le Bestiaire, ou le Cortège d'Orphée pour Baryton et Orchestre de Chambre, FP 15a'' (poems by Apollinaire) (I: Le dromadaire II: La chèvre du Thibet III: La sauterelle IV: Le dauphin V: L'écrevisse VI: La carpe) (1918-1919) *''Le Bestiaire, ou le Cortège d'Orphée pour Baryton et Piano, Trois Melodies Inedites (VII La Colombe, VIII Le Serpent, IX La Puce), FP 15b *''Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob'' (I:"Chanson Bretonne" II:"Cimetière" III:"La petite servante" IV:"Berceuse" V:"Souric et Mouric") (1931), FP 52 *''Miroirs Brûlants'' (2 Poems by Paul Eluard. I:"Tu vois le feu du soir" II:"Je nommerai ton front") (1938), FP 98 *''Poèmes de Ronsard'' (I:"Attributs", II: "Le tombeau", III: "Ballet", IV: "Je n'ai plus les os", V: "À son page") (1925), FP 38 *''Chansons Gaillardes'' (anonymous 17th-century texts, I:"La Maîtresse volage", II: "Chanson à boire", III: "Madrigal", IV: "Invocation aux Parques", V: "Couplets bachiques", VI: "L'Offrande", VII: "La Belle Jeunesse", VIII: "Sérénade") (1925-1926), FP 42 *''Quatre airs chantés'' (I:"Air romantique", II: "Air champêtre", III: "Air grave", IV: "Air vif") (1927–28), FP 46 *''Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire'' (1931, FP 58) for voice and piano (I. L'Anguille - II. Carte postale - III. Avant le cinéma - IV. 1904) *''A sa guitare'' (poem by Pierre de Ronsard) (1935), FP 79 *''Tel jour telle nuit'' (poems by

), I: "Bonne journée", II: "Une ruine coquille vide", III. "Le front comme un drapeau perdu", IV. "Une roulotte couverte en tuiles", V. "A toutes brides", VI. "Une herbe pauvre", VII. "Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer", VIII. "Figure de force brûlante et farouche", IX. "Nous avons fait la nuit" (1936–1937), FP 86 *''Le portrait'' (poem by

) (1937), FP 92 *''Priez pour paix'' (poem by Charles d'Orléans) (1938), FP 95 *''La grenouillère'' (poem by

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) (1938), FP 96 *''Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire'' (poems by Apollinaire: I: "Dans le jardin d'Anna", II: "Allons plus vite") (1939), FP 94 *''Bleuet'' (poem by Apollinaire) (1939), FP 102 *''

Fiançailles pour rire ''Fiançailles pour rire'' ("Betrothal for Laughs"), FP 101, is a song cycle of six ''mélodie''s for voice and piano by Francis Poulenc on poems from the collection of the same name by Louise de Vilmorin. Composed in 1939, it was premiered on ...

'' (poems by

: I: "La Dame d'André", II: "Dans l'herbe", III: "Il vole", IV: "Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant", V: "Violon", VI: "Fleurs") (1939), FP 101 *'' Banalités'' (poems by Apollinaire: I: "Chanson d'Orkenise", II: "Hôtel", III: "Fagnes de Wallonie", IV: "Voyage à Paris", V: "Sanglots") (1940), FP 107 * "

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 music for Anouilh's new play ''Léocadia'' ...

" (originally written as part of the

for Jean Anouilh's '' Léocadia'' (1940); the remainder of the ''Léocadia'' music is lost.Classical Archives
/ref>), FP 106 *''Chansons villageoises'' (I: "Chanson du clair tamis", II: "Les gars qui vont à la fête", III: "C'est le joli printemps", IV: "Le mendiant", V: "Chanson de la fille frivole", VI: "Le retour du sergent"), FP 117 (1942) *''Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon'' (I: "C", II: "Fêtes galantes") (1943), FP 122 *''Métamorphoses'' (1943) FP 121 for voice and piano (Louise de Vilmorin) (I. Reine des mouettes - II. C'est ainsi que tu es - III. Paganini) *''

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. Genesis During the summer of 1940 ...

'' for Piano and Narrator (1940 – orchestrated by Jean Françaix 1945), FP 142 *''Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire'' (I: "Montparnasse", II: "Hyde Park") (1941–1945), FP 127 *''Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire'' (I: "Le pont", II: "Un poème") (1946), FP 131 *''Paul et Virginie'' (poem by

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) (1946), FP 132 *''Le disparu'' (poem by

) (1946), FP 134 *''Calligrammes'' (Guillaume Apollinaire): I. L'Espionne - II. Mutation - III. Vers le Sud - IV. Il pleut - V. La Grâce exilée - VI. Aussi bien que les cigales - VII. Voyage (1948), FP 140 *''La Fraîcheur et le feu'' (poems by

), I: "Rayon des yeux", II: "Le matin les branches attisent", III: "Tout disparut", IV: "Dans les ténèbres du jardin", V: "Unis la fraîcheur et le feu", VI: "Homme au sourire tendre", VII: "La grande rivière qui va" (1950), FP 147 *''Rosemonde'' (poem by Apollinaire) (1954), FP 158 *''Parisiana'' (poems by

: I: "Jouer du Bugle", II: "Vous n'écrivez plus?") (1954), FP 157 *''Le travail du peintre'' (poems by

), I: "Pablo Picasso", II: "Marc Chagall", III: "Georges Braques", IV: "Juan Gris", V: "Paul Klee", VI: "Joan Miro", VII: "Jacques Villon" (1956), FP 161 *''Deux mélodies'' (I: "La Souris" (Apollinaire), II: "Nuage" (Laurence de Beylié)) (1956), FP 162 *''Dernier poème'' (poem by

) (1956), FP 163 *''

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 about 8 minutes. History of the work Composed in Ju ...

'' (poems by

), I: "Le sommeil", II: "Quelle aventure!", III: "La reine de Coeur", IV: "Ba, be, bi, bo, bu", V: "Les anges musiciens", VI: "Le carafon", VII: "Lune d'Avril" (1960), FP 178

References

Bibliography

* * * * * *Roy, Jean: ''Francis Poulenc Oeuvres complètes (1963-2013) L'Édition du 50e Anniversaire'' - EMI/Warner France Classics' 20 CD release marking the 50th anniversary of Poulenc's death. The in-depth accompanying material entitled, ''Francis Poulenc 1899-1963, L'intégrale de ses oeuvres, Edition du 50e anniversaire 1963-2013'' was translated to English by Hugh Graham. * *

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List of works by musical genres – Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)
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Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Compositions
(in French) BNF {{Francis Poulenc

Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-kno ...