Fiançailles pour rire
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Fiançailles pour rire | |
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Song cycle by Francis Poulenc | |
Catalogue | FP 101 |
Composed | 1939 |
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Fiançailles pour rire ("Betrothal for Laughs"), FP 101, is a song cycle of six mélodies for voice and piano by Francis Poulenc on poems from the collection of the same name by Louise de Vilmorin. Composed in 1939, it was premiered on 21 March 1942 at Salle Gaveau by the soprano Geneviève Touraine and the composer as the pianist.[citation needed]
Titles
- La Dame d'André
- Dans l'herbe
- Il vole
- Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
- Violon
- Fleurs
Dedicatees
The song "Fleurs" was dedicated to Solange d'Ayen, the Duchess of Ayen and fashion editor of French Vogue magazine.[1][2]
References
- ^ "[Fleurs. FP 101, no 6] Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Seebohm, Caroline (26 May 1982). The Man who was Vogue: The Life and Times of Condé Nast. Viking Press. p. 349. ISBN 9780670453665.
Solange d'Ayen, the aristocratic and beautiful fashion editor (to whom Poulenc once dedicated a song)
External links
- Fiançailles pour rire sur data.bnf.fr
- Original text by de Villmorin in French and English
- Fiançailles pour rire - Mélodies françaises on ForumOpera
- Fiançailles pour rire, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 101 on ALLMUSIC
- Mady Mesplé; Fiançailles pour rire on YouTube
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