Poulenc article about poulenc by the free dictionary. Francis jean marcel poulenc 7 january 1899 30 january 1963 was a french composer and pianist. Yet his early career reveals no trace of the dazzling and idiosyncratic unaccompanied choral textures so abundantly produced in the second half of his life. No 2 from villageoises background francis jean marcel poulenc 1899 1963 was a french composer and pianist who wrote orchestral music, opera and oratorio, ballet music, chamber music and art songs as well as composing for piano. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The teaching the spanish piano vhiuoso and pioneer of new french music detennined way poulenc.
Poulencs music ranges from whimsical cabaret influences to gentle lyricism to the deeply dramatic. The aims of the french group were to break away from the twin influences of germanic formality and french impressionism, and to. In honor of the 50th anniversary of francis poulencs death, emi classics presents this limited edition box set on 20 cds of the complete works, featuring both new and legendary historic performances. The third catalogue lists all poulenc s music for voice and has useful links for viewing the written texts. In wilfred mellerss words, this cantata is the apex to the evolution in poulencs music that began at rocamadour. Poulenc, piaf, and cocteau all died in 1963, the latter two within a few hours of each other. Written during the nazi occupation of france, it was premiered in london in english by the bbc in 1945. Etablissements poulenc freres french company britannica. Poulenc, our contemporary by durand salabert eschig issuu. In 1928 it merged with etablissements poulenc freres poulenc brothers, the pharmaceutical house established by camille poulenc 18641942, the founder of the french pharmaceutical industry and a collaborator of pierre and marie curie. Francis poulenc 18991963 is a composer and a french pianist, an author of about two hundred melodies or songs, accompanied for the greater part in the piano or by an orchestra.
For some labels you can download the entire cd with a single click and. Choir, orchestra, piano sheet music book by francis poulenc 18991963. Other articles where etablissements poulenc freres is discussed. All 114 recordings 6 naxos 108 s scores 106 p parts 16 v vocal scores 9 a arrangements and transcriptions airs chantes, fp 46. The late poulenc song style is somewhat thinner than in the glorious 30s and 40s, fewer notes on the pages, less effulgent chords, but it is always elegant, and irreproachable in terms of prosody. 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 eluard including liberte. Notes, texts, and translations i samford university. Cd available for postfree online mailorder or you may download individual tracks.
The second puts the whole of poulencs music into a chronological perspective. I actually videorecorded this piece too, but im too embarrassed to show anybody. Piano, vocal sheet music book by francis poulenc 18991963. Figure humaine 1943 represents the culmination of poulencs choral writing. Francis poulenc is now considered to be among the most important composers of choral music of the twentieth century. Poulenc skilfully uses this colourful musical palette to express a wide range of emotions, from lyrical serenity to unashamed glee. Sal3 offcampus storage for use in archive of recorded sound request onsite access. I did play it with more rubato and so forth, but then decided it was just too schmultzy like that and so i did another audioonly recording this morning and played it pretty straightforward, which is really how i prefer it now. Poulenc s return to catholicism in 1936 stimulated a group of fine religious choral pieces, the. Notes, texts, and translations i four songs for voice and violin, opus 35 gustav holst 18741934 gustav holst possessed a different concept of modality than his english contemporaries, and used frequent parallel fourths and fifths, subtle polytonality, and shifting time signatures. Mass in g major by francis poulenc 18991963 part sheet. Print and download novelette in c major sheet music composed by francis poulenc arranged for piano. The friction between the bleak coldness of yet another winter of bitter deprivation and the peace of the christmas season itself give this work a peculiar pungency. It is scored for double winds and brass plus piccolo, english horn, tuba, assorted drums, and reduced strings.
Poulencs social and creative circle was destroyed by the war. Poulenc rediscovered the roman catholicism of his childhood when a close friend was killed in a road accident in 1936. Poulenc piano work a mysterious paean to piaf the boston. The gloria was commissioned by the koussevitsky foundation of america. The third catalogue lists all poulencs music for voice and has useful links for. The first, arranged by type of composition, was created by the publisher salabert on the occasion of the poulenc centenary in 1999. This new collection of poulenc s choral works is centered on his masterwork, the figure humaine. Francis poulenc novelette in c major sheet music piano. The words from the mass are set to music of an unmistakable freshness and vivacity. Poulenc definition and meaning collins english dictionary. Describing the works genesis, poulenc told claude rostand, after a pilgrimage to rocamadour, i had the idea of composing a clandestine work.
His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets. The second puts the whole of poulenc s music into a chronological perspective. It was first performed in french in 1946 in brussels, then in paris on 22 may 1947. Francis poulenc composer 18991963 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Originally produced as a wine to be shared among family and friends during harvest time it doesnt take itself too seriously. Poulenc piano work a mysterious paean to piaf the boston globe. Poulenc founds this marvelous little poem in apollinaires prose work onirocritique. Gloria francis poulenc 1899 1963 francis poulenc was one of a somewhat notorious group of young french composers who became known as les six, an epithet clearly derived from the earlier russian five.
The following 114 pages are in this category, out of 114 total. Grololo pithonpaille made by anjou producer pithonpaille, grololo is a fun wine that uses a play on words grololo means big boobs in french and the grape variety used is the grolleau. Poulenc was so captivated by this particular volume, and so intent on setting it to music right away, that he abandoned and never revisited the violin concerto he was working on, and instead set about composing his great choral cantata figure humaine in 1943. The tongueincheek style and witty text strongly anticipates courte paille.