List of compositions by Francis Poulenc
This is a list of works written by the French composer Francis Poulenc (1899–1963).
Stage works
Ballet
- Les mariés de la tour Eiffel, ballet (1921; a collaborative work by all the members of Les Six except Louis Durey); Poulenc's contributions, Discours du General (Polka) and La Baigneuse de Trouville are listed as FP 23 in Schmidt's Poulenc catalog
- Les biches, ballet (1922/23), FP 36
- Pastourelle (1927; for the children's ballet L'éventail de Jeanne, to which ten French composers each contributed a dance; this excerpt became better known in its piano transcription), FP 45
- Les Animaux modèles, ballet (1941), FP 111
Opera
- Les mamelles de Tirésias, opera (1947), FP 125
- Dialogues of the Carmelites, opera (1957) Composed 1953-6, FP 159
- La voix humaine, monodrama (1959), FP 171
Orchestral
- Sinfonietta, FP 141 (1947)
- "Matelote provençale", variation for La guirlande de Campra, FP 153 (1952)
- "Bucolique" for Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long, FP 160 (1954)
Concertante
- Concert champêtre, for harpsichord and orchestra, (1927–1928), FP 49
- Aubade, a "Concerto choréographique" for piano and 18 instruments, FP 51 (1930)
- Concerto for two pianos and orchestra in D minor (1932), FP 61
- Concerto for organ, strings and timpani in G minor (1938), FP 93
- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1949) FP 146
Vocal/choral orchestral
- Le Bal Masqué, cantate profane sur des poèmes de Max Jacob (Baritone, ensemble) (1932)
- Sécheresses (SATB, orchestra) (1939)
- Litanies à la vierge noire (SSA, org) (1936), orchestrated (1947), FP 82
- Stabat Mater (Soprano solo, SATB divisi, orchestra) (1950)
- Gloria (Soprano solo, SATB divisi, orchestra) (1959), FP 177
- Sept répons des ténèbres (Child Soprano, Men's Chorus, Children's Chorus, orchestra (1961-2), FP 181
- La dame de Monte-Carlo (Soprano solo, orchestra) (1961)
- Hodie Christus natus est (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass) (1952)
Chamber/Instrumental
- Rapsodie nègre, for flute, clarinet, string quartet, baritone and piano, FP 3 (1917)
- Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7 (1918/1945)
- Sonata for violin and piano, FP 12 (1918)
- Sonata for clarinet and bassoon, FP 32 (1922/1945)
- Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone, FP 33 (1922/1945)
- Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano, FP 43 (1926)
- Bagatelle in D minor for violin and piano, FP 60c (1932)
- Villanelle for pipe (pipeau) and piano, FP 74 (1934)
- Suite française for 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion and harpsichord, FP 80 (1935)
- Sextet for piano and wind quintet, FP 100 (1932–9)
- Un joueur de flûte berce les ruines, for flute (1942)
- Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119 (1942–3/1949)
- Sonata for cello and piano, FP 143 (1940–48)
- Trois mouvements perpétuels for 9 instruments, FP 14 (1946)
- Sonata for flute and piano, FP 164 (1956–7)
- Elégie for horn and piano, FP 168 (1957) In memory of Dennis Brain
- Sarabande for guitar, FP 179 (1960)
- Sonata for clarinet and piano, FP 184 (1962)
- Sonata for oboe and piano, FP 185 (1962)
Piano
Solo piano
Main article: List of solo piano compositions by Francis Poulenc
Piano four hands
- Sonata for piano, 4 hands, FP 8
Two pianos
- Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156
- L'embarquement pour Cythère, valse-musette for 2 pianos (from film, Le voyage en Amérique), FP 150
- Élégie (en accords alternés), for 2 pianos, FP 175
- Capriccio for 2 pianos (after Le bal Masqué), FP 155
Choral
- Chanson à boire (TTBB) (1922), FP 31
- Sept chansons (SATB) (1936), FP 81
- Litanies à la vierge noire (SSA, org) (1936), orchestrated (1947), FP 82
- Les Petites Voix (SSA a cappella) (1936) FP 83 (Madeleine Ley) (I. La Petite Fille sage - II. Le Chien perdu - III. En rentrant de l'école - IV. Le Petit garçon malade - V. Le Hérisson)
- Mass in G (SATB) (1937)
- Sécheresses (chorus, orchestra) (1937)
- Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence (SATB): "Vinea mea electa", (1938); "Tenebrae factae sunt", (1938); "Tristis est anima mea", (1938); "Timor et tremor", (1939), FP 97
- Exultate Deo (SATB) (1941), FP 109
- Salve regina (SATB) (1941), FP 110
- Figure humaine (12 voices) (1943), FP 120
- Un soir de neige (6 voices) (1944), FP 126
- Chansons françaises: "Margoton va t'a l'iau", (SATB)(1945); "La belle se sied au pied de la tour" (SATBarB) (1945); "Pilons l'orge" (SATBarB) (1945); "Clic, clac, dansez sabots" (TBB) (1945); "C'est la petit' fill' du prince" (SATBarB) (1946); "La belle si nous étions" (TBB) (1946); "Ah! Mon beau laboureur" (SATB) (1945); "Les tisserands" (SATBarB) (1946), FP 130
- Quatre petites prières de Saint François d'Assise (Men's chorus) (1948), FP 142
- Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël (Mixed chorus): "O magnum mysterium" (1952); "Quem vidistis pastores?" (1951); "Videntes stellam" (1951); "Hodie Christus natus est" (1952), FP 152
- Ave verum corpus (SMezA) (1952), FP 154
- Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue (Men's Chorus): "O Jésu perpetua lux" (1957); "O proles hispaniae" (1958); "Laus regi plena gaudio" (1959); "Si quaeris" (1959), FP 172
Vocal
- Rapsodie nègre: see Chamber/Instrumental, above.
- Cinq poèmes de Ronsard (I:"Attributs", II: "Le tombeau", III: "Ballet", IV: "Je n'ai plus les os", V: "À son page") (1925)
- Chansons Gaillardes (anonymous 17th-century texts, I:"La Maîtresse volage", II: "Chanson à boire", III: "Madrigal", IV: "Invocation aux Parques", V: "Couplets bachiques", VI: "L'Offrande", VII: "La Belle Jeunesse", VIII: "Sérénade") (1925-1926)
- Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire (1931, FP 058) for voice and piano (I. L'Anguille - II. Carte postale - III. Avant le cinéma - IV. 1904)
- Le portrait (poem by Colette) (1937)
- La grenouillère (poem by Apollinaire) (1938)
- Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire (poems by Apollinaire: I: "Dans le jardin d'Anna", II: "Allons plus vite") (1939)
- Bleuet (poem by Apollinaire) (1939)
- Fiançailles pour rire (poems by Louise de Vilmorin: I: "La Dame d'André", II: "Dans l'herbe", III: "Il vole", IV: "Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant", V: "Violon", VI: "Fleurs") (1939)
- Banalités (poems by Apollinaire: I: "Chanson d'Orkenise", II: "Hôtel", III: "Fagnes de Wallonie", IV: "Voyage à Paris", V: "Sanglots") (1940)
- "Les chemins de l'amour" (originally written as part of the incidental music for Jean Anouilh's Léocadia (1940); the remainder of the Léocadia music is lost.[1])
- Chansons villageoises (I: "Chanson du clair tamis", II: "Les gars qui vont à la fête", III: "C’est le joli printemps", IV: "Le mendiant", V: "Chanson de la fille frivole", VI: "Le retour du sergent"), FP 117 (1942)
- Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon (I: "C", II: "Fêtes galantes") (1943)
- Métamorphoses (1943) FP 121 for voice and piano (Louise de Vilmorin) (I. Reine des mouettes - II. C'est ainsi que tu es - III. Paganini)
- The Story of Babar the Elephant for Piano and Narrator (1940 – orchestrated by Jean Françaix 1945)
- Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire (I: "Montparnasse", II: "Hyde Park") (1941–1945)
- Deux poèmes d'Apollinaire (I: "Le pont", II: "Un poème") (1946)
- Le Bestiaire, ou le Cortège d'Orphée (poems by Apollinaire) (I: Le dromadaire II: La chèvre du Thibet III: La sauterelle IV: Le dauphin V: L'écrevisse VI: La carpe) (1918-1919)
- Paul et Virginie (poem by Raymond Radiguet) (1946)
- Rosemonde (poem by Apollinaire) (1954)
- Parisiana (poems by Max Jacob: I: "Jouer du Bugle", II: "Vous n'écrivez plus?") (1954)
- Dernier poème (poem by Robert Desnos) (1956)
- Deux mélodies (I: "La Souris", II: "Nuage") (1956)
- La courte Paille (poems by Maurice Carême), I: "Le sommeil", II: "Quelle aventure!", III: "La reine de Coeur", IV: "Ba, be, bi, bo, bu", V: "Les anges musiciens", VI: "Le carafon", VII: "Lune d'Avril" (1960)
- Tel jour telle nuit (poems by Paul Éluard), I: "Bonne journée", II: "Une ruine coquille vide", III. "Le front comme un drapeau perdu", IV. "Une roulotte couverte en tuiles", V. "A toutes brides", VI. "Une herbe pauvre", VII. "Je n'ai envie que de t'aimer", VIII. "Figure de force brûlante et farouche", IX. "Nous avons fait la nuit" (1936–1937)
- La Fraîcheur et le feu (poems by Paul Éluard), I: "Rayon des yeux", II: "Le matin les branches attisent", III: "Tout disparut", IV: "Dans les ténèbres du jardin", V: "Unis la fraîcheur et le feu", VI: "Homme au sourire tendre", VII: "La grande rivière qui va" (1950)
- La travail du peintre (poems by Paul Éluard), I: "Pablo Picasso", II: "Marc Chagall", III: "Georges Braques", IV: "Juan Gris", V: "Paul Klee", VI: "Joan Miro", VII: "Jacques Villon" (1956)
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