La Courte Paille

La Courte Paille
Songs by Francis Poulenc
Catalogue FP 178
Based on Poems by Maurice Carême
Composed Summer 1960 (Summer 1960)
Performed September 1961 (1961-09)
Scoring
  • Voice
  • piano
Premiere
Location Festival de Royaumont (then Seine-et-oise department)

La Courte Paille (The Short Straw), FP 178, is a set of seven songs for voice and piano, composed in 1960 by Francis Poulenc on poems by Maurice Carême. The duration of the work is about 8 minutes.

History of the work

Composed in July–August 1960, the songs were premiered at the festival of Royaumont Abbey, in 1961, by soprano Colette Herzog and Jacques Février as the pianist.[1]

Titles

  1. Le sommeil
  2. Quelle aventure !
  3. La reine de cœur
  4. Ba, be, bi, bo, bu
  5. Les anges musiciens
  6. 'Le carafon
  7. Lune d'avril

Origin of the poems

Le sommeil, Ba, be, bi, bo, bu and Le carafon come from the collection of Maurice Carême La Cage aux grillons (1959).

Quelle aventure ! , La reine de cœur, Les anges musiciens and Lune d'avril come from the collection Le Voleur d'étincelles (1960).

Dedicatee

La Courte Paille is dedicated to the singer Denise Duval (1921–2016) for her son Richard Schilling.[1]

Discography

References

  1. 1 2 La Courte Paille on the site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

Clifton, Keith E. "Beyond Childhood: Poulenc, La courte paille, and the Aural Envelope." College Music Symposium 49/50 (2009/2010): 333-44.

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