COMPOSER

Francis Poulenc

1899 - 1963

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Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (French: [fʁɑ̃sis ʒɑ̃ maʁsɛl pulɛ̃k]; 7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among the best-known are the piano suite Trois mouvements perpétuels (1919), the ballet Les biches (1923), the Concert champêtre (1928) for harpsichord and orchestra, the Organ Concerto (1938), the opera Dialogues des Carmélites (1957), and the Gloria (1959) for soprano, choir, and orchestra. As the only son of a prosperous manufacturer, Poulenc was expected to follow his father into the family firm, and he was not allowed to enrol at a music college. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Poulenc is the 104th most popular composer (down from 102nd in 2019), the 425th most popular biography from France (up from 459th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Composer.

Francis Poulenc is most famous for his compositions, which are often lighthearted and humorous.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Francis Poulenc ranks 104 out of 1,451. Before him are Leonard Bernstein, Pietro Mascagni, Mikis Theodorakis, Arvo Pärt, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, and Joaquín Rodrigo. After him are Arthur Honegger, Léo Delibes, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Alma Mahler, Domenico Cimarosa, and Mikhail Glinka.

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Among people born in 1899, Francis Poulenc ranks 14. Before him are Vladimir Nabokov, Yasunari Kawabata, Friedrich Hayek, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Humphrey Bogart, and Macfarlane Burnet. After him are Paul-Henri Spaak, László Bíró, Albert Claude, Iskander Mirza, Fred Astaire, and Paul Hermann Müller. Among people deceased in 1963, Francis Poulenc ranks 15. Before him are W. E. B. Du Bois, Tristan Tzara, Lee Harvey Oswald, C. S. Lewis, Ngo Dinh Diem, and Thích Quảng Đức. After him are Abd el-Krim, Theodor Heuss, Sylvia Plath, Paul Hindemith, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, and Yasujirō Ozu.

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In France

Among people born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 425 out of 6,770. Before him are Émilie du Châtelet (1706), Alfred Kastler (1902), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Jean Baudrillard (1929), Louise Bourgeois (1911), and Pierre Laval (1883). After him are Fernandel (1903), Girard Desargues (1591), André Derain (1880), Jeanne Moreau (1928), Antoine of Navarre (1518), and Pierre Gassendi (1592).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Francis Poulenc ranks 17. Before him are François Couperin (1668), Jules Massenet (1842), Josquin des Prez (1450), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Olivier Messiaen (1908), and Pierre Boulez (1925). After him are Arthur Honegger (1892), Léo Delibes (1836), Adolphe Adam (1803), Edgard Varèse (1883), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Daniel Auber (1782).

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