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 mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...

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

chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music that is performed by a small nu ...

. 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 libr ...

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 ...

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for plays and

film music A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

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

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in G major, the Stabat Mater 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 Pierre Léon Marie Fournier (24 June 19068 January 1986) was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists" on account of his elegant musicianship and majestic sound. Biography He was born in Paris, the son of a French Army gen ...

helped him to write the

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, 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,

and concertos, some with unusual solo instruments such as

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

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 ...

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 "Les Six" () is a name given to a group of six composers, five of them French and one Swiss, who lived and worked in Montparnasse. The name, inspired by Mily Balakirev's '' The Five'', originates in two 1920 articles by critic Henri Collet in ' ...

'', 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 t ...

Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions ...

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 Sain ...

, 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 Stabat Mater 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

song cycle A song cycle (german: Liederkreis or Liederzyklus) is a group, or cycle, of individually complete songs designed to be performed in a sequence as a unit.Susan Youens, ''Grove online'' The songs are either for solo voice or an ensemble, or rare ...

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

Guillaume Apollinaire Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of t ...

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 ...

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,

Federico García Lorca Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca (5 June 1898 – 19 August 1936), known as Federico García Lorca ( ), was a Spanish poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblemat ...

, and Louise de Vilmorin, whom he mentioned in titles. He further set poems by

Théodore de Banville Théodore Faullain de Banville (14 March 1823 – 13 March 1891) was a French poet and writer. His work was influential on the Symbolist movement in French literature in the late 19th century. Biography Banville was born in Moulins in Allier, A ...

, Maurice Carême,

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 '' ...

, Maurice Fombeure,

Marie Laurencin Marie Laurencin (31 October 1883 – 8 June 1956) was a French painter and printmaker. She became an important figure in the Parisian avant-garde as a member of the Cubists associated with the Section d'Or. Biography Laurencin was born in Paris ...

, Madeleine Ley,

François de Malherbe François de Malherbe (, 1555 – 16 October 1628) was a French poet, critic, and translator. Life He was born in Le Locheur (near Caen, Normandie), to a family of standing, although the family's pedigree did not satisfy the heralds in terms of ...

Ronsard Pierre de Ronsard (; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a "prince of poets". Early life Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of ...

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 du ...

Jean Nohain Jean Nohain (1900–1981) was a French playwright, lyricist, and screenwriter, and a radio and television producer and presenter. He was the son of the librettist Franc-Nohain and the brother of the actor Claude Dauphin.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.118 ...

and Paul Valéry, among others. In 1943, during the occupation of France, a cantata '' Figure humaine'' 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 key, 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 o ...

s and

motet In Western classical music, a motet is mainly a vocal musical composition, of highly diverse form and style, from high medieval music to the present. The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to Ma ...

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

List of works by genre

Stage works

Ballet

* '' Les mariés de la tour Eiffel'', ballet (1921; a collaborative work by all the members of

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 ''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 the Salle Garnier in Monte Carlo. Ni ...

'', ballet (1922/23), FP 36 *''Pastourelle'' (1927; for the children's ballet '' L'éventail de Jeanne'', 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'', opera (1947), FP 125 *''

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. The composer's second opera, Poulenc wrote the ...

'', opera (1957) Composed 1953-6, FP 159 *''

La voix humaine ' (English: ''The Human Voice'') is a forty-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 French soprano Denise Duval, worked ...

'',

monodrama A monodrama is a theatrical or operatic piece played by a single actor or singer, usually portraying one character. In opera In opera, a monodrama was originally a melodrama with one role such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau's '' Pygmalion'', which w ...

(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 ''Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long'' (Variations on the name Marguerite Long) is a collaborative orchestral suite written by eight French composers in 1956, in honour of the pianist Marguerite Long. It was first performed on 4 June 1956 by ...

'', FP 160 (1954)

Concertante

*''

'', for

and orchestra, (1927–1928), FP 49 *''

Aubade An aubade is a morning love song (as opposed to a serenade, intended for performance in the evening), or a song or poem about lovers separating at dawn. It has also been defined as "a song or instrumental composition concerning, accompanying, or e ...

'', 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 Max Jacob (Baritone or mezzo soprano, ensemble) (1932), FP 60 *'' Sécheresses'' (SATB, orchestra) (1939), FP 90 *'' Litanies à la Vierge Noire'' (SSA, org) (1936), orchestrated (1947), FP 82 * Stabat Mater (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 orc ...

'' (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) *'' Trois mouvements perpétuels'' for 9 instruments, FP 14 (1946) * Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, FP 32 (1922/1945) * Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone, FP 33 (1922/1945) *

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 year. The trio was well received at its premie ...

, 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) * Sextet for piano and

wind quintet A wind quintet, also known as a woodwind quintet, is a group of five wind players (most commonly flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn and bassoon). Unlike the string quartet (of 4 string instruments) with its homogeneous blend of sound color, the in ...

, FP 100 (1932–9) *''Un joueur de flûte berce les ruines'', for flute (1942) *

Violin Sonata A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, often accompanied by a keyboard instrument and in earlier periods with a bass instrument doubling the keyboard bass line. The violin sonata developed from a simple baroque form with no fixed fo ...

, FP 119 (1942–3/1949) *'' L'Invitation au Chateau'', FP 138 (1947) *

, FP 143 (1940–48) * Flute Sonata, FP 164 (1956–7) *'' Élégie'' for horn and piano, FP 168 (1957) In memory of

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*Sarabande for guitar, FP 179 (1960) *

Clarinet Sonata A clarinet sonata is piece of music in sonata (music), sonata form for clarinet, often with piano accompaniment. The Clarinet Sonatas (Brahms), Clarinet Sonatas by Brahms are of special significance in the development of the clarinet repertoire. Se ...

, 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

*'' Chanson à boire'' (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 ( Madeleine Ley) (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 tremo ...

'' (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 *'' Figure humaine'' (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 Pierre de Ronsard (; 11 September 1524 – 27 December 1585) was a French poet or, as his own generation in France called him, a " prince of poets". Early life Pierre de Ronsard was born at the Manoir de la Possonnière, in the village of ...

) (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 Apollinaire) (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'' (poems by Louise de Vilmorin: 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" (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'' for Piano and Narrator (1940 – orchestrated by

Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (; 23 May 1912, in Le Mans – 25 September 1997, in Paris) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Life Françaix's natural gifts were encour ...

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 Raymond Radiguet) (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 Max Jacob: 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'' (poems by Maurice Carême), 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. * *

External links

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