Francis Poulenc Sextour for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and

horn
Mvt.1 Allegro Vivace
By: Shawna Wolf & Brittany Trotter
Biography
Francis Poulenc, pianist
and composer (18991963) born in Paris,
France to an artistic,
musical, and affluent
family
Self-taught composer
Charter member of the
Les Six
o Group of 20thcentury French
composer who represented a strong reaction against heavy
German music; Honegger, Milhaud, Durey, Auric, and
Tailleferre
Composition Style

Neoclassicism, popular, and experimental tonality

Pushed the boundaries of tonality
o Wrong-note dissonances

I am not concern with principles and I am proud of that, thank God! I have no
system of writingand as for inspiration; it is so mysterious that it is wiser not to
try to explain it.
-Poulenc
Sextour Mvt. 1

Ternary A B A Coda form (Fast A, Slow B)

Section A
Theme One

Theme Two

Section B

Coda

Further Reference

Chimenes, Myriam. Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online. n.d. 28

November 2014.
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Style. Ann Arbor, Michigan: UMI Research Press, 1982. book.
Keller, James M. San Franciso Symphony: Aritcles & Interviews "What he
did, he did prefectly"- Reflections on Francis Poulenc. 8 February
2013. Article. 28 November 2014.
Poulin, Pamela L. "Three Styles in One: Poulenc's Chamber Works for Wind
Instruments." The Music Review 50 No.3-4 (1989): 271-80.
Rorem, Ned. Settling the Score: Essays on Music. New York: Counterpoint,
1988.
Woods, Vivian Lee Poates. Poulenc's Songs: An Analysis of Style. Jackson:
University Press of Mississippi , 1979.