Suite française (Poulenc)

Suite française (French Suite), FP 80, is an orchestral suite for wind instruments, drum and harpsichord (or harp ad libitum) by Francis Poulenc. It was composed in a neoclassical style in 1935 for Édouard Bourdet's la Reine Margot, and it was inspired by Claude Gervaise's dance collection Le livre de danceries.[1][2]

For other uses, see Suite française (disambiguation).
Suite française
French Suite
Orchestral suite by Francis Poulenc
CatalogueFP 80
Composed1935 (1935)
Movements7
Scoring

Structure
  1. Bransle de Bourgogne
  2. Pavane
  3. Petite marche militaire
  4. Complainte
  5. Bransle de Champagne
  6. Sicilienne
  7. Carillon
  • A typical performance lasts 14 minutes.

References
  1. Hell 1959, p. 48.
  2. Tranchefort 1986, p. 585.

Sources
  • Hell, Henri (1959). Francis Poulenc. Translated by Lockspeiser, Edward. New York: Grove Press. OCLC 1268174.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Tranchefort, François-René (1986). Guide de la musique symphonique. Fayard.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Schmidt, Carl B. (1995). The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816336-7.
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