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Francis Poulenc (b. 7 January 1899–d. 30 January 1963) is the most frequently performed, recorded, and studied member of the French group that, in 1920, critic Henri Collet dubbed Les Six (Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre, and Poulenc).
Biography. Poulenc attributed his career to the gift of a toy piano when he was two years old. In his memoirs he recalled that it was ‘white lacquered and with cherries painted on it’. His father, who ran a pharmaceutical business, came from the Aveyron area of southern France. His mother was Parisian, from a family renowned for its craftsmen.
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May 21, 2018 · Fr. composer and pianist. Taught pf. by his mother. At 15 studied with Ricardo Viñes, who encouraged his ambition to compose and introduced him to Satie, Casella, Auric, and others. In 1917 his Rapsodie nègre brought his name to notorious prominence in Paris as one of a number of composers— Les Nouveaux Jeunes —encouraged by Satie and Cocteau.
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc ( French: [ fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 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.
Francis Poulenc - Wise Music Classical. 1899 - 1963. French. Summary. Biography. News. Performances. Features. Photos. Discography. One of the great melodists of the twentieth century, Poulenc was largely self-taught as a composer.
Francis Poulenc is a key figure in twentieth-century classical music, as well as an unorthodox and striking individual. Roger Nichols draws upon Poulenc's music and other primary sources to write an authoritative life of this great artist.
Today he may be the most fêted of the French composer group Les Six but Poulenc was a contradictory character full of self-doubt
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