Medium Voice and Piano
SKU: BT.ALHE29030
Voix Moyenne Et
Piano-Recueil.
Composed by Francis
Poulenc. Classical. Book
Only. 24 pages. Heugel &
Cie #ALHE29030. Published
by Heugel & Cie
(BT.ALHE29030).
French.
Poulenc'
s five songs, Poems of
Ronsard were composed in
1925 during the post-war
euphoria. The cycle is
essential to aspiring,
advanced vocalists of the
French art song. Francis
Poulenc (1899-1963) was a
highly prolific
composer,and remains
popular to this day.
Poems of Ronsard was
composed towards the
beginning of the
composer's career, based
on poems by prolific
French poet, Pierre de
Ronsard. Poems of Ronsard
is made up of five songs
which alternatebetween
lively and slow tempos -
1) Attributes, 2) The
Tomb, 3) Ballet, 4) I
only have the Bones, and
5) On his page. As a song
cycle with much
variation, Poulenc's
Poems of Ronsard is an
exciting addition to the
Vocal repertoire.