Francis Poulenc

1899 – 1963

106 works

Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-known are the piano suite Mouvements perpétuels (1919), the ballet Les Biches (1923), the Concert champêtre (1928) for harpsichord and orchestra, the Organ Concerto (1938), the opera Dialogues des Carmélites (1957), and the Gloria (1959) for soprano, choir, and orchestra.

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Works

Songs

21

Sonatas

10

Chansons

8

Melodies

7

Pieces

6

Concertos

4

Suites

4

Ballets

2

Secular cantatas

2

Motets

2

Waltzes

2

Elegies

2

Sacred choruses

2

Hymns

2

Operas

1

Dialogues des Carmélites, FP 159
1953 · Voices, Mixed chorus (SATB), Orchestra

Operas bouffes

1

Les mamelles de Tirésias, FP 125
1944 · Voices, Mixed chorus (SATB), Orchestra

Lyric tragedies

1

The Human Voice
1958 · Soprano solo 2 Flutes, Oboe, English Horn 2 Clarinets in B, Bass Clarinet, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, 2 Trumpets in C, Trombone, Tuba, Percussion

Sinfoniettas

1

Sinfonietta in F major
1947 · Orchestra

Rhapsodies

1

Rapsodie nègre, FP 3
1917 · Voice, Flute, Clarinet, 2 violins, Viola, Cello, Piano

Responsories

1

Sept Répons des Ténèbres, FP 181
1961 · Soprano, Mixed chorus (SATB), Orchestra

Sextets

1

Sextuor, FP 100
1932 · Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Piano

Nocturnes

1

Huit nocturnes, FP 56
1930 · Piano

Trios

1

Trio pour piano, hautbois et basson, FP 43
1924 · Oboe, Bassoon, Piano

Intermezzos

1

3 Intermezzos, FP 71 (I, II), 118
1934 · Piano

Stabat mater

1

Stabat Mater, FP 148
1950 · Soprano solo, 5-part mixed voice choir (SATBarB), And orchestra

Impromptus

1

Impromptus, FP 21
1920 · Piano

Aubades

1

Aubade, FP 51
1929 · Piano, Orchestra

Gloria

1

Gloria in G major, FP 177
1959 · Soprano, Chorus (SATB), Orchestra

Litanies

1

Litanies à la Vierge Noire (Notre-Dame de Roc-amadour), FP 82
1936 · 3-part female or children's chorus (SSA), Organ

Improvisations

1

Improvisations, pour le piano in A minor, D-flat major, FP 170
1958 · Solo piano

Sketches

1

Esquisse d’une fanfare, ouverture pour le V e acte de “Roméo et Juliette”, FP 25
1921 · Piano solo (but see below)

Melodramas

1

L’Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant, FP 129
1940 · Narrator, Piano

Salve regina

1

Salve Regina in G minor, FP 110
1941 · SATB choir a cappella

Masses

1

Messe en sol majeur in G major, FP 89
1937 · Soprano, Mixed chorus (SSAATTBB)

Psalms

1

Exultate Deo in A major, FP 109
1941 · SSAATTBarB choir a cappella

Airs

1

4 Airs chantés, FP 46
1927 · Voice, Piano

Marches

1

2 Marches et un intermède, FP 88
1937 · Chamber orchestra (flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, And strings)

Sarabandes

1

Sarabande pour guitare, FP 179
1960 · Guitar

Prestos

1

Presto in B‑flat major, FP 70
1934 · Piano

Studies

1

Vocalise-Etude, FP 44
High voice, Piano

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