''Fiançailles pour rire'' ("Betrothal for Laughs"), FP 101, is a

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

of six '' mélodie''s for voice and piano by

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 ...

on poems from the collection of the same name by Louise de Vilmorin. Composed in 1939, it was premiered on 21 March 1942 at Salle Gaveau by the

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Geneviève Touraine and the composer as the pianist.

Titles

* ''La Dame d'André'' * ''Dans l'herbe'' * ''Il vole'' * ''Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant'' * ''Violon'' * ''Fleurs''

Dedicatees

The song "" was dedicated to Solange d'Ayen, the Duchess of Ayen and fashion editor of French Vogue magazine.

References

External links

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Fiançailles pour rire
' sur ''data.bnf.fr''

Fiançailles pour rire - Mélodies françaises
on ForumOpera
Fiançailles pour rire, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 101
on ALLMUSIC
Mady Mesplé; ''Fiançailles pour rire''
on YouTube Song cycles by Francis Poulenc Poulenc 1939 compositions Music based on poems {{song-stub