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Composition (Music)

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Francis Poulenc archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0937
Abstract The Francis Poulenc archive contains two autograph autograph musical manuscripts by Francis Poulenc, dedicated and inscribed to operatic singer Denise Duval. In August 1960 he composed a series of melodies, based on various poems by Maurice CarĂªme, titled La Courte-Paille (The Shortest Straw). The following year, Poulenc composed a soprano and piano (or orchestra) piece, La Dame de Monte-Carlo (The Lady of Monte-Carlo), after a poem by Jean Cocteau. Both works are on music paper from a...
Dates: 1960 - 1962

Lambiotte Family/Francis Poulenc archive

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0623
Abstract

The Lambiotte Family/Francis Poulenc archive contains materials that document Poulenc's life and career during his long friendship with the Lambiotte family, a Belgian family with close ties of friendship to the composer. The collection includes autograph musical manuscripts, signed and inscribed printed musical scores, letters, photographs, publications, and ephemera. Dates for the collection range from 1920 to 1994, with bulk dates from 1920 to 1963.

Dates: 1920-1994; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1963