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Suite française (Poulenc)

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Catalogue
  
FP 80

Movements
  
7

Composed
  
1935 (1935)

Scoring
  
wind instruments drum harpsichord

Suite française (French Suite), FP 80, is an orchestral suite for wind instruments, drum and harpsichord (or harp ad libitum) by Francis Poulenc. It was composed in a neoclassical style in 1935 for Édouard Bourdet's la Reine Margot, and it was inspired by Claude Gervaise's dance collection Le livre de danceries.

Structure

  1. Bransle de Bourgogne
  2. Pavane
  3. Petite marche militaire
  4. Complainte
  5. Bransle de Champagne
  6. Sicilienne
  7. Carillon
  • A typical performance lasts 14 minutes.

    • References

    Suite française (Poulenc) Wikipedia
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