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A Poetic and Musical Analysis of Fiancailles Pour Rire By Francis Poulenc with Poems by Louise De Vilmorin
<p>Francis Poulenc is known for setting text of lesser-known poets. He set six of Louise de Vilmorin’s poems from <em>Fiancailles pour rire</em> to music. The style in which Vilmorin writes is quite intriguing, while Poulenc’s method of setting the text brings the mysteries of her poems to life. …
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Aesthetics of neoclassicism and populism in chamber works for woodwinds by Charles Koechlin and Francis Poulenc, 1918-1939
… began to flourish. Charles Koechlin and Francis Poulenc are two examples of French composers whose music of the interwar years is in direct reply to the question of what is authentically French. Presented in this document are six pieces of chamber music for woodwinds written between 1918 and 1939 …
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Doctoral thesis recital (voice)
Dialogues des carmelites / Francois Poulenc.
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Master's thesis recital (voice)
Dialogues des carmelites / Francis Poulenc.
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Doctoral thesis recital (trombone)
Les chemins de l'amour / Poulenc -- Red sky / Barfield -- Three etudes / Scriabin -- Romanza [Romance for trombone and piano] / Weber -- Adagio in G minor / Giazotto -- Song of travel / Williams.
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Beyond the Human Voice: Francis Poulenc's Psychological Drama La Voix humaine (1958)
Francis Poulenc's one-character opera La Voix humaine (1958), a setting of the homonymous play by Jean Cocteau, explores the psychological complexities of an unnamed woman as she experiences the end of a romantic relationship. During the forty-minute work, she sings in a declamatory manner into a …
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Master's thesis recital (guitar)
… / Manuel de Falla -- Sarabande / Francis Poulenc -- Pavana triste from Sonata for guitar / Antonio Jose -- Bagatelle no. 3 / William Walton -- 3 preludes. No. 6 in B minor ; No. 4 in E minor ; No. 7 in A major / Frederic Chopin -- Variations sur Folia de España / Manuel M. Ponce.
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Irreverent Faith: Neoclassicism, Catholicsm, and Humor in Francis Poulenc's Sacred Choral-Orchestral Works
Francis Poulenc's (1899-1963) music, along with that of his early twentieth-century French contemporaries, occupies a unique place in the classical music canon. Its accessibility, and often its humor, led many scholars and performers to downplay his music's importance, especially with its …
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Works for Violin and Piano by French Composers, 1870-1950
… of texture and form. Claude Debussy and Francis Poulenc illustrate Impressionism by using of unresolved dissonance and uncommon scales such as whole tone, modal and pentatonic. The music evokes moods and atmospheres through rich and varied harmonies and tone colors. Ravel and Milhaud applied such …
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Graduate Recital, Voice
… " and "Im Haine." A French song cycle by Francis Poulenc entitled "Fiançailles Pour Rire" will demonstrate the impressionistic era. Finally, a twentieth-century song cycle, "Six Elizabethan Songs, " by Dominick Argento will conclude the program.
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A Performer's Analysis of Maurice Ravel's Chansons madécasses: A Lecture Recital, Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of B. Britten, R. Schumann, S. Barber, T. Pasatieri, F. Poulenc, G. Verdi, T. Arne, and Others
In his song cycle, Chansons madécasses (1926), a chamber work for voice, piano, flute, and cello, Maurice Ravel combines twentieth-century musical experimentation and exoticism with the late nineteenth-century style characteristics present in the vocal elements and instrumentation. Because early …
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“I Shan't Ever Play Down These Influences”: Poulenc’s Neoclassicism as Musical Legacy
… an abundance of primary documents, Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) reveals himself to be a colorful, opinionated composer, with an intriguing mindset regarding the role of twentieth-century composers. Poulenc’s writings place importance on the idea of musical legacy, where engaging with the …
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Léonce de Saint-Martin: Organist and composer
… Cross." 2. Organ Concerto in G minor - Francis Poulenc 3. Requiem – Maurice Duruflé 4. Solo Recital - St. Peter’s Cathedral Hamilton. 5. Final recital - Holy Trinity Cathedral Auckland. B) Thesis The thesis examines the development of the French organ in relation to the organ of Notre-Dame de …
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The Voice of Children in Art Song: A Study of Six Cycles Involving a Child's Perspective
… audience in <i>La courte paille</i> by Francis Poulenc and <i>A Charm of Lullabies</i> by Benjamin Britten. This document uses these three modes of communication as an analytical lens through which to view the poetic and musical techniques used in creating a child’s world in song. The analysis …
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Structural processes in Gabriel Fauré's nocturnes for piano
… Liszt, Balakirev, Scriabin, Satie, Debussy and Poulenc. The investigation focuses on a close reading of the nocturnes, and especially on thematic, motivic and harmonic usage, and on Fauré's most original contribution, his complex integration of advanced chromaticism and extended modal …
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WORKS FOR VIOLIN FROM DISTINCT EUROPEAN COMPOSITIONAL TRADITIONS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: NATIONALISM, IMPRESSIONISM, AND NEO-CLASSICISM
… by Impressionist composers Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Eugene Ysaÿe, and Karl Szymanowski. Neo-Classicism defines the 20th century style of juxtaposing the old with the new. Traditional musical features--such as harmonic tonal centers, symmetrical phrasing, and the use of standard forms--are …
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A Performer's Analysis of Lili Boulanger's Clairières dans le ciel: Song Cycle for High Voice and Piano; a Lecture Recital Together with the Role of Blanche in Dialogues of the Carmelites by F. Poulenc and Two Recitals of Selected Works by H. Purcell, F. Schubert, S. Prokofieff, E. Chausson, W. A. Mozart, R. Schumann and G. Fauré
Lili Boulanger was an important composer of early twentieth century French music. Her compositional style represents a development and mastery of musical techniques of the great composers of her time including Fauré, Debussy and Wagner combined with her own creative expression. The result is a …
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Passé recomposé: Neoclassical Sonata Form in Interwar France
… during the 1920s and 30s by Ravel, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Tailleferre, Auric, Durey, and Ibert. My method, largely inspired by William Caplin’s Classical Form, employs a form-functional approach to melodic material rather than tonal-harmonic material, allowing this theory to be …
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