Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) composed the short song cycle Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée in 1919 for voice with accompaniment by a septet of flute, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet, though the...

Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) composed the short song cycle Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée in 1919 for voice with accompaniment by a septet of flute, clarinet, bassoon, and string quartet, though the...

Text in French, German and English. Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, English words by Percy Pinkerton. Contents: Le Dromadaire (The Dromedary) - La Chèvre du Thibet (The Goat from Tibet) - La Sauterell...

French/English. Translated by Machlis.

A secular cantata for Baritone or Mezzo-Soprano and Chamber Orchestra.

Contents: La dame d'André / Dans l'herbe / Il vole / Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant / Violon / Fleurs.

The pain and suffering of Passiontide is evoked in the austere texts of these four motets. Using somber, bittersweet harmonies and angular melodies alongside more comfortable, chorale-like textures, P...

Francis Poulenc wrote the Sonata for Flute December 1956 and it is dedicated to the American patroness of the arts, Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge. The first performance was given by Jean-Pierre Rampal ac...

Francis Poulenc a écrit la Sonate pour flûte en décembre 1956 et l'a dédiée à la mécène américaine Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge. Elle a été créée par Jean-Pierre Rampal accompagné du compositeur en juin...

Francis Poulenc wrote the Sonata for Flute December 1956 and it is dedicated to the American patroness of the arts, Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge. The first performance was given by Jean-Pierre Rampal ac...

Francis Poulenc a écrit la Sonate pour flûte en décembre 1956 et l'a dédiée à la mécène américaine Elisabeth Sprague Coolidge. Elle a été créée par Jean-Pierre Rampal accompagné du compositeur en juin...

Edition Levering

Written in three short movements: Prelude, Rustique, and Final, French pianist and composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) composed this sparkling Sonata in 1918. A glossary of French terms is included.

for piano solo

Written when Poulenc was only 19 years old, this 3-movement piano work shows the simplicity and melodic gifts that were his trademark while also showing the influence of Erik Satie and Emmanuel Chabri...

French composer Francis Poulenc wrote his Sonata for One Piano, Four Hands in 1918 and it was published in London the following year. This edition is based on that 1919 original edition. A teaching/pe...

Arranged for solo piano, suitable for advanced pianists.

A suite composed in 1920 in three movements: 1) Presto, 2) Andante, 3) Vif. In January 1920 the critic Henri Collet named Poulenc and five composing friends 'Le Groupe des Six', by analogy with the R...

Five Impromptus for Piano by Francis Poulenc.