Francis Poulenc Works
French composer and pianist (1899-1963)
- piano
- liturgical music, opera, Western classical music
- France
- choreographer, composer, librettist, musician, pianist
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Complete works
Categories
Work for choir (19)
Song, lied (54)
Opera (3)
Work for soloist (45)
Work for chamber orchestra (19)
Work for orchestra (7)
Work for orchestra with soloist (5)
Ballet (5)
Theatrical music (2)
Creative activity
1917
age 18
46 years
1962
age 63
Number of works
Duration of the works (average or estimed)
Dated works
1962
Fancy, Op. 174
1961
1960
Sarabande for guitar, Op. 179
La courte paille, Opp. 178
1. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 1, “Le sommeil”
2. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 2, “Quelle aventure!”
3. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 3, “La Reine de Coeur”
4. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 4, “Ba, be, bi, bo, bu”
5. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 5, “Les anges musiciens”
6. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 6, “Le Carafon”
7. La courte paille, Op. 178 No. 7, “Lune d'Avril”
1959
Improvisation No. 15, Op. 176, “Hommage à Édith Piaf”
Work composed for piano
Elegy, Op. 175
Duet, composed for piano
Novelette, Op. 173
Work composed for piano
1958
1957
Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue, Opp. 172
Chorale, composed for male chorus
1. Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue, Op. 172 No. 1, “O Jésu perpetua lux”
2. Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue, Op. 172 No. 2, “O proles hispaniae”
3. Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue, Op. 172 No. 3, “Laus regi plena gaudio”
4. Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue, Op. 172 No. 4, “Si quaeris”
Elegy, Op. 168
Work composed for horn and piano
1956
Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 164
dedicated to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Work in E minor
Premiere in 1957
2 Melodies, Opp. 162
Melody
Dernier poème, Op. 163
Le travail du peintre, Opp. 161
1955
1954
Rosemonde, Op. 158
Parisiana, Opp. 157
1. Parisiana, Op. 157 No. 1, “Jouer du Bugle”
2. Parisiana, Op. 157 No. 2, “Vous n'écrivez plus?”
Bucolique, Op. 160
1953
Sonata for 2 pianos, Op. 156
1952
Capriccio from “Le Bal Masqué”, Op. 155
Duet, composed for piano
4 Motets, Opp. 152
Work composed for chorus
1. Motet, Op. 152 No. 1, “O magnum mysterium”
2. Motet, Op. 152 No. 2, “Quem vidistis pastores?”
3. Motet, Op. 152 No. 3, “Videntes stellam”
4. Motet, Op. 152 No. 4, “Hodie Christus natus est”
Ave verum corpus, Op. 154
Chorale, composed for female chorus
Matelote provençale, Op. 153
1951
Thème varié, Op. 151
Work composed for piano
L’embarquement pour Cythère, Op. 150
Waltz, composed for piano
1950
1949
1948
1947
1946
Paul et Virginie, Op. 132
Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Opp. 131
1. Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Op. 131 No. 1, “Le pont”
2. Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Op. 131 No. 2, “Un poème”
1945
8 French Songs, Opp. 130
Chorale, composed for chorus
1. French Song, Op. 130 No. 1, “Margoton va t'a l'iau”
2. French Song, Op. 130 No. 2, “La belle se sied au pied de la tour”
3. French Song, Op. 130 No. 3, “Pilons l'orge”
4. French Song, Op. 130 No. 4, “Clic, clac, dansez sabots”
5. French Song, Op. 130 No. 5, “C'est la petit' fill' du prince”
6. French Song, Op. 130 No. 6, “La belle si nous étions”
7. French Song, Op. 130 No. 7, “Ah! Mon beau laboureur”
8. French Song, Op. 130 No. 8, “Les tisserands”
1944
1943
1942
6 Chansons villageoises, Opp. 117
1941
Improvisation No. 12, Op. 113, “Hommage à Schubert”
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 11, Op. 113
Work composed for piano
Salve regina, Op. 110
Chorale, composed for chorus
Exultate Deo, Op. 109
Chorale, composed for chorus
Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Opp. 127
1. Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Op. 127 No. 1, “Montparnasse”
2. Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire, Op. 127 No. 2, “Hyde Park”
1940
Colloque pour soprano, baritone et piano, Op. 108
Work composed for baritone, piano and soprano
Mélancolie, Op. 105
Work composed for piano
Léocadia, Op. 106
1939
Miroirs brûlants, Opp. 98
Melody
Française d’après Claude Gervaise, Op. 103
Work composed for piano
Bleuet, Op. 102
Ce doux petit visage, Op. 99
2 Préludes posthumes et une Gnossienne, Opp. 104
1938
8 Nocturnes, Opp. 56
Work composed for piano
La grenouillère, Op. 96
Priez pour paix, Op. 95
2 Poems, Opp. 94
texts by Guillaume Apollinaire
1. Poem, Op. 94 No. 1, “Dans le jardin d'Anna”
2. Poem, Op. 94 No. 2, “Allons plus vite”
Le portrait, Op. 92
1937
Tel jour, telle nuit, Opp. 86
Melody
Bourrée, au pavillon d’Auvergne (À l’exposition), Op. 87
Work composed for piano
2 Marches et un intermède, Opp. 88
3 Poems, Opp. 91
texts by Louise de Vilmorin
1936
Petites voix, Op. 83
Chorale, composed for children's chorus
7 Songs, Opp. 81
Chorale, composed for chorus
1935
1934
Badinage, Op. 73
Work composed for piano
Humoresque, Op. 72
Work composed for piano
2 Intermezzi, Opp. 71
Intermezzo, composed for piano
Presto in B-flat major, Op. 70
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 10, Op. 63, “Éloge des gammes”
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 9, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 8, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Villanelle for Pipe (pipeau) and Piano, Op. 74
Villanelle pour pipeau et piano
Work composed for piano and pipe
8 Polish Songs, Opp. 69
1933
Album Leaves, Op. 68, “Ariette, Rêve, Gigue”
Work composed for piano
Villageoises, Op. 65
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 7, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
1932
Improvisation No. 6, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 5, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 4, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 3, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 2, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Improvisation No. 1, Op. 63
Work composed for piano
Intermède, Op. 60
Work composed for piano
Capriccio in C major, Op. 60
Work composed for piano
Valse-improvisation sur le nom de Bach, Op. 62
Waltz, composed for piano
Le bal masqué, Op. 60
1931
Bagatelle for violin and piano in D minor, Op. 60
5 Poems, Opp. 59
4 Poems, Opp. 58
texts by Guillaume Apollinaire
3 Poems, Opp. 57
texts by Louise Lalanne
1930
Épitaphe, Op. 55
1929
Aubade, "concerto chorégraphique" pour piano et 18 instruments, Op. 51
Work composed for instrument and piano
Pièce brève sur le nom d’Albert Roussel, Op. 50
Work composed for piano
Pièce brève sur le nom d’Albert Roussel, Op. 50
1928
1927
Pastourelle, Op. 45
Work composed for piano
Vocalise, Op. 44
Pastourelle, Op. 45
1926
1925
Napoli, Op. 40
Work composed for piano
5 Poems, Opp. 38
texts by Pierre Ronsard
1924
1922
1921
Promenades, Op. 24
Work composed for piano
5 Impromptus, Opp. 21
Work composed for piano
4 Poems, Opp. 22
texts by Max Jacob
Le gendarme incompris, Op. 20
Fanfare, Op. 25
Discours du général, Op. 23 No. 2
La baigneuses de Trouville, Op. 23 No. 1
1919
1918
1917
3 Pastorales, Opp. 5
Work composed for piano