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Poulenc : the life in the songs / Graham Johnson ; translations of the song texts by Jeremy Sams.

Author/creator Johnson, Graham, 1950- author.
Other author/creatorSams, Jeremy, translator.
Format Book and Print
EditionFirst edition.
Publication Info New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company, [2020]
Descriptionxvi, 554 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Outline of a musical life: 1855-1919 -- Songs for a new century. Rapsodie nègre (Kangourou) FP3 ; Toréador (Cocteau) FP11 ; Le Bestiaire, ou cortège d'Orphée (Apollinaire) FP15a ; Two unpublished songs from Le Bestiaire FP15b ; Biographical interlude: Guillaume Appolinaire ; Cocardes (Cocteau) FP16 -- Outline of a musical life: 1920-1929 -- Songs of the twenties. Poèmes de Ronsard FP38 ; Chansons gaillardes FP42 ; Vocalise FP44 ; Airs chantés pour soprano d'après poèmes de Jean Moréas FP46 -- Outline of a musical life: 1930-1939 -- Songs of the thirties. Épitaphe (Malherbe) FP55 ; Trois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne (Laurencin/Apollinaire) FP57 ; Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire FP58 ; Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob FP59 ; Pierrot (Banville) FP66 ; Huit chansons polonaises (Osiem piesńi polskich) FP69 ; Quatre chansons pour enfants (Jaboune) FP75 ; Cinq poèmes de Paul Élaurd FP77 ; Biographical interlude: Paul Éluard ; À sa guitare (Ronsard) FP79 ; Tel jour telle nuit (Éluard) FP86 ; Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin FP91 ; Le portrait (Colette) FP92 ; Deus poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire FP94 ; The sexual milieu of Francis Poulenc ; Priez pour paix (D'Orléans) FP95 ; La grenouillère (Apollinaire) FP96 ; Miroirs brûlants (Éluard) FP98 ; Ce doux petit visage (Éluard) FP99 ; Fiançailles pour rire (Vilmorin) FP101 ; Bleuet (Apollinaire) FP102 -- Outline of a musical life: 1940-1949 -- Songs of the forties. Les chemins de l'amour (Anouilh) FP106 ; Banalités (Apollinaire) FP107 ; Colloque (Valéry) FP108 ; Chansons villageoises (Fombeure) FP117 ; Métamorphoses (Vilmorin) FP121 ; Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon FP122 ; Deux mélodies de Guillaume Apollinaire FP127 ; Deux mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire FP131 ; Paul et Virginie (Radiguet) FP132 ; Le disparu (Desnos) FP134 ; Main dominée par le coeur (Éluard) FP135 ; Trois chansons de F. García Lorca FP136 ; --mais mourir (Éluard) FP137 ; Calligrammes (Apollinaire) FP140 ; Hymne (Racine) FP144 ; Mazurka (Vilmorin) FP145 -- Outline of a musical life: 1950-1959 -- Songs of the fifties. La Fraîcheur et le feu (Éluard) FP147 ; Biographical interlude: Max Jacob ; Parisiana (Jacob) FP157 ; Rosemonde (Apollinaire) FP158 ; The crisis of 1954 ; Francis Poulenc and painting ; Le travail due peintre (Éluard) FP161 ; Deux mélodies 1956 (Apollinaire/Beylié) FP162 ; Dernier poème (Desnos) FP163 ; Une chanson de porcelaine (Éluard) FP169 ; Fancy (Shakespeare) FP174 ; Poulenc and Britten: cross-channel currents -- Outline of a musical life: 19660 to 30 January 1963 -- Songs of the sixties. La courte paille (Carême) FP178 ; La puce (Apollinaire) ; La dame de Monte-Carlo (Cocteau) FP180 ; Biographical interlude: Jean Cocteau -- Poulenc's people: patrons, friends, colleagues, dedicatees, publishers -- The masks and myths of Francis Poulenc, and his eventual triumph.
Abstract 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, the author 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.
General noteSongs translated from the French.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2020010683
ISBN9781631495236 hardcover
ISBN1631495232 hardcover
ISBNelectronic publication

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