Entrancing muse

Pendragon Press

2001

xx, 621 p.

Lives in music ; 3

Includes bibliographical references (p. 515-545), discography (p. 503-511), and index.

9781576470268

I Background and Beginnings: 1899-1912 1 -- II Crosscurrents and Encounters: 1913-1916 16 -- III Under the Influence of Satie and Apollinaire: 1917 34 -- IV Military Service: 1918-1920 50 -- V Expanding Horizons: 1921-1926 90 -- VI The Close of the Twenties: 1927-1930 153 -- VII A Wealth of Melodies and Piano Music: 1931-1935 182 -- VIII Of Faith Rediscovered and the Advent of War: 1936-1939 221 -- IX The War Years: 1940-1944 264 -- X The Post-War Years: 1945-1949 303 -- XI North American Tours Two and Three: 1950-1952 355 -- XII Obsession with Dialogue des Carmelites: 1953-1957 377 -- XIII In the Wake of Dialogues des Carmelites, Equilibrium Regained: 1958-1960 421 -- XIV The Final Years: 1961-1963 445.

It is traditional wisdom that a composer's popularity wanes for at least ten years after his death. Not so with Poulenc, whose music gained almost universal acceptance immediately after his death at the age of sixty-four. The present documented biography charts a new course in Poulenc scholarship by relying on thousands of primary sources, many of which have not been consulted by earlier Poulenc biographers. It is a detailed scrutiny of his day-to-day activities and his relationships with many friends and acquaintances. This study seeks not only to examine Poulenc as a composer, but to place proper emphasis on his extensive career as a pianist and recording artist. Lavishly illustrated, the volume includes a complete discography, and an exhaustive summary of Poulenc's concert tours, as well as a list of portraits and drawings

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