Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a Fren… Read Full Bio ↴Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French Group Les Six.
He was a Parisian by birth and death, and always preferred the city to the country. His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life.
Poulenc was a member of Les Six, a group of young French composers, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre, who also had links with Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau. He embraced the Dada movement's techniques, creating melodies that would have been appropriate for Parisian music halls. An outstanding pianist, Poulenc featured the keyboard in many of his early compositions. He also, throughout his career, borrowed from his own compositions as well as those of Mozart and Camille Saint-Saëns.
He composed music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music and orchestral music. Among Poulenc's last series of major works is a series of works for Winds and Piano. He was particularly fond of the woodwind instruments, and planned a set of sonatas for all of them, yet only lived to complete four: the Flute Sonata (1956), and sonatas for oboe, clarinet and horn.
Poulenc's Rapsodie nègre (1917), written for baritone, piano, string quartet, flute, and clarinet, sets nonsense syllables purportedly by a black Liberian poet. The piece, dedicated to Erik Satie, kept him out of the Paris Conservatoire, composition teacher Paul Vidal saying, according to Poulenc, "Your work stinks, it's inept, infamous balls... Ah! I see you're a follower of the Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie gang. Well, goodbye!" Stravinsky, hearing of this story, arranged to have the piece printed.
Later in his life, the loss of some close friends, coupled with a pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Rocamadour, led him to rediscovery of his faith and resulted in compositions of a more sombre, austere tone. His opera, Les Dialogues des Carmelites was written at this time.
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He was a Parisian by birth and death, and always preferred the city to the country. His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life.
Poulenc was a member of Les Six, a group of young French composers, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre, who also had links with Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau. He embraced the Dada movement's techniques, creating melodies that would have been appropriate for Parisian music halls. An outstanding pianist, Poulenc featured the keyboard in many of his early compositions. He also, throughout his career, borrowed from his own compositions as well as those of Mozart and Camille Saint-Saëns.
He composed music in all major genres, including art song, chamber music, oratorio, opera, ballet music and orchestral music. Among Poulenc's last series of major works is a series of works for Winds and Piano. He was particularly fond of the woodwind instruments, and planned a set of sonatas for all of them, yet only lived to complete four: the Flute Sonata (1956), and sonatas for oboe, clarinet and horn.
Poulenc's Rapsodie nègre (1917), written for baritone, piano, string quartet, flute, and clarinet, sets nonsense syllables purportedly by a black Liberian poet. The piece, dedicated to Erik Satie, kept him out of the Paris Conservatoire, composition teacher Paul Vidal saying, according to Poulenc, "Your work stinks, it's inept, infamous balls... Ah! I see you're a follower of the Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie gang. Well, goodbye!" Stravinsky, hearing of this story, arranged to have the piece printed.
Later in his life, the loss of some close friends, coupled with a pilgrimage to the Black Madonna of Rocamadour, led him to rediscovery of his faith and resulted in compositions of a more sombre, austere tone. His opera, Les Dialogues des Carmelites was written at this time.
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O Magnum Mysterium
Francis Poulenc Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'O Magnum Mysterium' by these artists:
Armonico Consort "O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia v…
Cantillation O magnum mysterium O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramen…
Cantus O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum, Ut animalia v…
Chamber Singers O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
Chanticleer O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia v…
Choir and Orchestra of the Gabrieli Festival O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia vid…
Egidius Kwartet & College O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia vid…
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
Madrigals O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramentum O magnum myster…
Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey "O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia v…
Morten Lauridsen O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum, Ut animalia…
Robert Shaw Festival & Chamber Singers O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
Tenebrae Nigel Short Grace Davidson & Joseph Edward O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia vid…
The King's Singers O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia vid…
The Monks and Chiorboys of Downside Abbey "O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum Ut animalia v…
The Sixteen O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
Tomás Luis de Victoria O magnum mysterium, et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia v…
Zurich Chamber Singers & Christian Erny O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia vi…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Francis Poulenc:
8 chansons polonaises: VII. La Vistule Płynie Wisła płynie Po polskiej krainie Po polskiej krainie …
Huit chansons polonaises FP 69: Jezioro Płynie Wisła płynie Po polskiej krainie Po polskiej krainie …
Huit chansons polonaises FP 69: Wianek Płynie Wisła płynie Po polskiej krainie Po polskiej krainie …
Huit chansons polonaises FP 69: Wisła Płynie Wisła płynie Po polskiej krainie Po polskiej krainie …
Les Chemins De I'amour Les chemins qui montent à la mer ont gardé de…
Les chemins de l'amour Les chemins qui montent à la mer ont gardé de…
Les chemins de l'amour FP 106 Les chemins qui montent à la mer ont gardé de…
Les Chemins De L'amour FP. 106 Les chemins qui montent à la mer ont gardé de…
Les Chemins De L`amour Les chemins qui montent à la mer ont gardé de…
Salve Regina Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae, Vita, dulcedo et spes nos…
Salve Regina FP110 Salve Regina, Mater misericordiae, Vita, dulcedo et spes nos…
Stabat Mater: II. Cujus Animam Gementem Cujus animam gementem Contristatam ac dolentem Pertransivit,…
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@stigekalder
Christmas is approaching, and with that a lot of great music !
My suggestions for you:
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🎄🎄🎄Merry Christmas !
@dfccmd
Gorgeous.
@petedenton9434
Poulenc's 4 Christmas Motets are up their with my all time favourite choral music.
@CanaldeArquitetura
Oh grande misterio!
@rockbadgerow3227
OH MY MAGNUM MYSTERIUM
@nashrunner456
I have always liked this piece and this ensemble has great Latin pronunciation, in my humble opinion. That being said, do you think the soprano entrance was really ppp? Soprano entrance seems dynamically inconsistent with dynamic of the ensemble.
@stigekalder
You are absolutely right. They are too loud here, which harms the balance. In my opinion, most mixed choirs have too many sopranos, and they are often too loud. A contributing factor is that often acoustics tends to favour the brightest voices. By the way, you may check out my Poulenc playlist with some other juwels by him:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCby7t-aPVUkneUmLNWRX1PwVCbPxUWaO
@bpalaciosa
Barranquilla lo canto
@maximiliane777
ppp ist der Anfang leider nicht