Poulenc

Author : Carl B. Schmidt
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995-10-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780191585166

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The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) by Carl B. Schmidt Pdf

The name of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was first brought to prominence in the 1920s as a member of Les Six, a group of young French composers encouraged by Satie and Cocteau. His subsequent fame spread well beyond France, and he is coming to be regarded as one of this century's most significant composers. His compositions are heard constantly in concert halls the world over, and numerous recordings, including complete sets of songs and piano music, have been released. Books, articles and more than a dozen doctoral dissertations have discussed his music. Carl Schmidt's catalogue of Poulenc's works represents the first comprehensive attempt to list an oeuvre which numbers approximately 185 compositions written from his teenage years until his death at the age of 63. The Catalogue indentifies a number of unpublished works, and adds a small group of compositions to his musical canon for the first time. Each work, whether complete or unfinished, published or unpublished, is described fully. Catalogue entries list and describe all known printed editions (including reprints) and manuscript copies of each work. In addition, they provide detailed compositional histories based on numerous letters, documents, and press accounts, many of which have not been published previously. Russian interest in Poulenc's music, manifested in press runs exceeding one million copies, is also revealed for the first time.

Author : Roger Nichols
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300226508

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Poulenc by Roger Nichols Pdf

An authoritative account of the life and work of Francis Poulenc, one of the most prolific and striking figures in twentieth-century classical music "An assured overview of Poulenc's life and work."--Alex Ross, New Yorker "Essential reading for anyone interested in the French musical culture of Poulenc's time. This is the biography the composer deserves."--Christopher Dingle, BBC Music Magazine, Named one of the Best Books on Classical Music in 2020 by BBC Music Magazine 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. Although associated with five other French composers in what came to be called "Les Six", Poulenc was very much sui generis in personality and in his music, where he excelled over a wide repertoire--opera, songs, ballet scores, chamber works, piano pieces, sacred and secular choral works, orchestral works and concertos. This book fully covers this wide range, while also describing the vicissitudes of Poulenc's life and the many important relationships he had with major figures such as Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau and others.

Author : Roger Nichols
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300252552

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Poulenc by Roger Nichols Pdf

An authoritative account of the life and work of Francis Poulenc, one of the most prolific and striking figures in twentieth-century classical music 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. Although associated with five other French composers in what came to be called “Les Six”, Poulenc was very much sui generis in personality and in his music, where he excelled over a wide repertoire—opera, songs, ballet scores, chamber works, piano pieces, sacred and secular choral works, orchestral works and concertos. This book fully covers this wide range, while also describing the vicissitudes of Poulenc's life and the many important relationships he had with major figures such as Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky, Diaghilev, Cocteau and others.

Author : Graham Johnson
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631495243

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Poulenc: The Life in the Songs by Graham Johnson Pdf

One of the greatest modernist composers comes alive in this illuminating biography, a must-have for musicians and music-lovers alike. Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) is widely acknowledged as one of the twentieth century’s most significant masters of vocal music —solo, choral, and operatic— quite apart from his achievements in instrumental spheres. But what it cost him, and the determined bravery it took for his unusual talent to thrive, has always been underestimated. In this seminal biography, which will serve as the definitive guide to the songs, acclaimed collaborative pianist Graham Johnson shows that it is in Poulenc’s extraordinary songs, and seeing how they fit into his life —which included crippling guilt on account of his sexuality— that we discover Poulenc heart and soul. With Jeremy Sams’s vibrant new song translations, the first in over forty years, and the insight that comes from a lifetime of performing this music, Johnson provides an essential volume for singers, pianists, listeners, and readers interested in the artistic milieu of modernism in the first half of the twentieth century.

Author : Myriam Chimènes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781351566650

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Francis Poulenc by Myriam Chimènes Pdf

This collection of essays provides vivid new insights into Poulenc‘s world, his particular rapport with painters, writers and fellow musicians, and with the socialte who promoted his music through their salons. Contributions from international Poulenc scholars include the influence of various artists on his music, the nature of his affinity for Eluards poetry, his response to texts by Cocteau and Bernanos, and his constant search for suitable libretti. New light is thrown on two friendships, the first with his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier who introduced him to the world of books, the second to his teacher Charles Koechlin who greatly influenced his choral style. A detailed study is also provided of Poulenc‘s four choral works with orchestra. Finally, the reader is allowed a rare view of Poulenc at the microphone, not as interviewee but as radio presenter, in his 1947-1949 series of programmesA bâtons rompus.

Author : Nicolas Southon,Roger Nichols
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317133339

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Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews by Nicolas Southon,Roger Nichols Pdf

’He plays the piano well,’ wrote the society hostess Mme de Saint-Marceaux in her diary on 18 March 1927. ’His compositions are not devoid of talent but he’s not a genius, and I’m afraid he thinks he is.’ Intelligent though the lady was, she got this one spectacularly wrong. Poulenc has in fact outpaced his colleagues in Les Six by many a mile, as singers and instrumentalists all over the world will attest, and while he would never have accepted the title of ’genius’, preferring ’artisan’, a genius is increasingly what he appears to have been. Part of the answer lay in always being his own man, and this independence of spirit shows through in his writings and interviews just as brightly as in his music, whether it’s boasting that he’d be happy never to hear The Mastersingers ever again, pointing out that what critics condemn as the ’formlessness’ of French music is one of its delights, voicing his outrage at attempts to ’finish’ the Unfinished Symphony, writing ’in praise of banality’ - or remembering the affair of Debussy’s hat. And in every case, his intelligence, humour and generosity of spirit help explain why he was so widely and deeply loved. This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols's translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.

Author : Alissa Deeter,Robert Peavler
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-12
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780810884151

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The Mélodies of Francis Poulenc by Alissa Deeter,Robert Peavler Pdf

An acknowledged master of mélodie, Francis Poulenc’s prolific song œuvre exceeds the collections of all other French composers who wrote in this genre. Yet despite Poulenc’s prolific output and its significance to art song repertoire, few volumes dedicated to study of Poulenc’s works have appeared in print. This text offers a theory on the marginalized popularity of Poulenc’s songs and strategies for their study that can assist performers in their appreciation and interpretation of his work. The Mélodies of Francis Poulenc is the first work to contain the complete collection of Poulenc’s song compositions, providing IPA transcriptions and word-for-word translations in an easy reference format. Also included are the highly regarded poetic translations of Winifred Radford. In their introduction to the songs, Deeter and Peavler formulate a methodology for the proper interpretation and study of the Poulenc’s works. Finally, this work features a musical terms index, select discography of downloadable sound files, and a song title index. Teachers of singing, vocal coaches, professional singers, accompanists, and students of art song will find the The Mélodies of Francis Poulenc an invaluable tool for the study and instruction of Poulenc’s songs.

Author : Robert F. Bruner,Joseph R. Perella
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2004-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0471395064

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Applied Mergers and Acquisitions by Robert F. Bruner,Joseph R. Perella Pdf

A comprehensive guide to the world of mergers and acquisitions Why do so many M&A transactions fail? And what drives the success of those deals that are consummated? Robert Bruner explains that M&A can be understood as a response by managers to forces of turbulence in their environment. Despite the material failure rates of mergers and acquisitions, those pulling the trigger on key strategic decisions can make them work if they spend great care and rigor in the development of their M&A deals. By addressing the key factors of M&A success and failure, Applied Mergers and Acquisitions can help readers do this. Written by one of the foremost thinkers and educators in the field, this invaluable resource teaches readers the art and science of M&A valuation, deal negotiation, and bargaining, and provides a framework for considering tradeoffs in an effort to optimize the value of any M&A deal.

Author : Benjamin Ivry
Publisher : 20th Century Composers
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-09-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105017729232

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Francis Poulenc by Benjamin Ivry Pdf

The work of Poulenc in the context of his colourful personal life.

Author : Nicolas Southon
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409466222

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Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews by Nicolas Southon Pdf

This volume comprises selected articles from Francis Poulenc: J’écris ce qui me chante (Fayard, 2011) edited by Nicholas Southon. Many of these articles and interviews have not been available in English before and Roger Nichols' translation, capturing the very essence of Poulenc’s lively writing style, makes more widely accessible this significant contribution to Poulenc scholarship.

Author : Jon Paxman
Publisher : Wise Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783232505

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Composer Portraits: Francis Poulenc by Jon Paxman Pdf

The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music for the Piano to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. This edition focuses on the life and works of the French composer and pianist Francis Poulenc, with notes by Jon Paxman. Pieces: - L'histoire de Babar le petit éléphant (excerpts) - Française d’après Claude Gervaise - Five Impromptus - II. Allegro vivace - Mouvements Perpétuels - II. Trés modéré - Nocturnes No.7 (from 8 Nocturnes) - Trois Novelettes - No.3 in E Minor - Andantino tranquillo - Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel - Trois Pièces - I. Pastorale - Promenades - VIII. En Chemin De Fer - Suite pour Piano - III. Vif

Author : Jane F. Fulcher
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780190681500

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Renegotiating French Identity by Jane F. Fulcher Pdf

"In Renegotiating French Identity, Jane F. Fulcher addresses the question of cultural resistance to the German occupation and Vichy regime during the Second World War, specifically by addressing the role of music" -- source : éditeur.

Author : Michael Hough,Rebecca Dolbey
Publisher : iSmithers Rapra Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Plastics
ISBN : 1859570585

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The Plastics Compendium: Key properties and sources by Michael Hough,Rebecca Dolbey Pdf

A comprehensive collection of professionally validated comparative data, on the most widely used plastics materials. The Plastics Compendium covers thermoplastics, thermosets, composites and thermoplastic elastomers. Volume 1 of The Plastics Compendium contains clearly presented data on 351 generic and modified material types, in the following main sections property and commercial data sheets, an alphabetical trade name index, a listing of suppliers' (or their agents'), and a detailed alphabetical index to the materials for which data are listed.

Author : Alan Blyth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521027985

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Song on Record: Volume 2 by Alan Blyth Pdf

This second volume of Song on Record covers the repertory of song not included in Lieder. It contains chapters on the major French composers, on Russian, Scandinavian, Spanish, English, and American song, on Bartok and Janacek, and Britten, and ends with a final chapter entitiled Encores.

Author : Edwin Philip Romain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Piano music
ISBN : UCSD:31822003324910

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A Study of Francis Poulenc's Fifteen Improvisations for Piano Solo by Edwin Philip Romain Pdf