Villanelle (Poulenc)
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| Villanelle | |
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| Chamber music by Francis Poulenc | |
| Catalogue | FP 74 |
| Composed | 1934 |
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Villanelle, FP 74, by Francis Poulenc is a piece of chamber music composed in 1934 for recorder and piano. The work was commissioned by the Australian Louise Hanson-Dyer, who inserted it into a collection of pieces for piano and recorder (entitled Pipeau).[M 1]
Because of its modesty, this piece is rarely performed. The instrument for which it is written, the recorder, deprives it of a real notoriety.[M 1] It is not mentioned in the catalog of works of the composer established by the biographer Henri Hell.[H 1]
A typical performance lasts about 2 minutes.
