Poulenc: A Biography
Roger Nichols
Abstract
Francis Poulenc is a key figure in twentieth-century classical music, as well as an unorthodox and striking individual. This book 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, whi ... More
Keywords: twentieth-century classical music, Francis Poulenc, opera, songs, ballet scores, chamber works, piano pieces, sacred choral works, secular choral works
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2020 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300226508 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: January 2021 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300226508.001.0001 |
