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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 (born Jan. 7, 1899, Paris, France—died Jan. 30, 1963, Paris) was a composer who made an important contribution to French music in the decades after World War I and whose songs are considered among the best composed during the 20th century. Poulenc was largely self-taught.
Nov 18, 2021 · Thanks to his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier (1897-1930), Poulenc discovers the Parisian intellectual and literary milieu: first regular visits to Adrienne Monnier’s bookshop (La Maison des Amis des Livres), located at 7 Rue de l’Odéon, where he will be able to meet Aragon, Breton, Eluard and Apollinaire.
Poulenc could write music that made you laugh one moment and cry the next, effortlessly manipulating mood and colour. His gift for melting melodies helps, but so does the sophistication of his harmonic language and his ear for seductive instrumentation.
Among the most original and sincere voices of the 20th century, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was no revolutionary as his music and personality simply mirror the often-conflicting nature of humanity.
Feb 26, 2024 · As far as canonical composers go, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) is rather underrated. He’s frequently lumped together with «Les six» rather than discussed in his own right, despite the fact that his writing is head and shoulders above the rest of them (no offense).
Aug 10, 2020 · Francis Poulenc’s Drunken Angels. In the composer’s masterly songs, the solemn and the sensual collide. By Alex Ross. August 10, 2020. The composer makes the prospect of apocalypse seem like...
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May 21, 2018 · Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963) French composer and member of Les Six. Spontaneity and melodiousness characterize his works, which include ballets, notably Les Biches (1923), orchestral works, chamber music, piano music and songs.
Today he may be the most fêted of the French composer group Les Six but Poulenc was a contradictory character full of self-doubt
French musician 1899 – 1963.
