Suite française (Poulenc)

Suite française
French Suite
Orchestral suite by Francis Poulenc
Catalogue FP 80
Composed 1935 (1935)
Movements 7
Scoring

Suite française (French Suite), FP 80, is an orchestral suite for wind instruments, drum and harpsichord (or harp ad libitum) by Francis Poulenc. It was composed in a neoclassical style in 1935 for Édouard Bourdet's la Reine Margot, and it was inspired by Claude Gervaise's dance collection Le livre de danceries.[1][2]

Structure

  1. Bransle de Bourgogne
  2. Pavane
  3. Petite marche militaire
  4. Complainte
  5. Bransle de Champagne
  6. Sicilienne
  7. Carillon
  • A typical performance lasts 14 minutes.

References

  1. ↑ Hell 1959, p. 48.
  2. ↑ Tranchefort 1986, p. 585.

Sources

  • Hell, Henri (1959). Francis Poulenc. Translated by Lockspeiser, Edward. New York: Grove Press. OCLC 1268174.
  • Tranchefort, François-René (1986). Guide de la musique symphonique. Fayard.
  • Schmidt, Carl B. (1995). The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816336-7.
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