The Music of Francis Poulenc

This redirect is about Carl B. Schmidt's 1995 chronological catalogue of Poulenc's compositions. For a list of these compositions grouped by genre, see List of compositions by Francis Poulenc.

The Music of Francis Poulenc
by Francis Poulenc
The composer and the harpsichordist Wanda Landowska in 1930
Composed	1914 (1914)–1962
piano music chamber music songs concertante and orchestral music choral music stage works

Le Groupe des six, 1921 painting of members of the group Les Six by Jacques-Émile Blanche. The pianist Marcelle Meyer is sorrounded by (left) Tailleferre, Milhaud and Honegger, (right) Poulenc, Jean Cocteau, Auric and Jean Wiener, while Durey is missing.

The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue, abbreviated FP, is a chronological catalogue of Francis Poulenc's works which was published by Carl B. Schmidt in 1995. Schmidt provides for each known composition, which includes unfinished, unpublished and lost works, a detailed history of composition and performance, and lists manuscripts and publications.

As a pianist, Poulenc composed many pieces for his own instrument in his piano music and chamber music. He wrote works for orchestra including several concertos, also three operas, two ballets, incidental music for plays and film music. He composed songs (mélodies), often on texts by contemporary authors. His religious music includes the Mass in G major, the Stabat Mater and Gloria.

Overview

The composer had written a catalogue of his works in 1921, which is reproduced in Schmidt's book. According to this list, the first noted piece was in 1914 Processional pour la crémation d'un mandarin for piano, now lost or destroyed. Poulenc completed his last work, his Oboe Sonata, in 1962.

Piano, chamber music and songs

As a professional pianist, Poulenc wrote many pieces for his own instrument. He was a prolific writer of works of chamber music, often with piano, and some works for two pianos. Poulenc composed many songs (mélodies), most of them accompanied by piano, but some also in versions with a small instrumental ensembles, for example his Rapsodie nègre for baritone, flute, clarinet, string quartet and piano. He composed easily for woodwind instruments, scoring for example a piano trio with oboe and bassoon instead of the traditional violin and cello. Poulenc was less familiar with string instruments. The cellist Pierre Fournier helped him to write the Cello Sonata, which he premiered with the composer as the pianist. Poulenc destroyed all sketches for string quartets and three for violin sonatas, while only the fourth one survived, but was received critically.

Orchestra and stage

Among his works with orchestra are three operas, two ballet, incidental music for plays, film music and concertos, some with unusual solo instruments such as harpsichord and organ. The harpsichordist Wanda Landowska inspired the composition of the Concert champêtre.

Collaboration in the group Les Six

Poulenc was a member of the group of composers Les Six, with Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud and Germaine Tailleferre, and contributed to their collective productions, which included another ballet.

Sacred music and choral music

Poulenc turned to writing also religious music in the 1930s, composing a Mass in G major for a cappella choir. He composed the Stabat Mater in 1950 in memory of the painter Christian Bérard in 1950. The late Gloria for soprano, choir and orchestra became one of his best-known works. He drew inspiration for his sacred compositions mostly from liturgical texts.

Songs

For his songs and song cycles, he often collaborated with contemporary poets, setting poems by writers such as Guillaume Apollinaire, Louis Aragon, Paul Éluard, Max Jacob, Federico García Lorca, Ronsard and Louise de Vilmorin, whom he mentioned in titles. He further set poems by Louis Aragon, Théodore de Banville, Maurice Carême, Colette, Robert Desnos, Maurice Fombeure, Marie Laurencin, Madeleine Ley, François de Malherbe, Jean Moréas, Jean Nohain and Paul Valéry, among others. In 1943, during the occupation of France, a cantata Figure humaine on poems by Éluard which celebrate Liberté.

Table of works

In the table, the works are initially listed by the FP number. Other information given is the French title, a translation if commonly used, the key, the scoring if not clear from the title, the year(s) of composition, the genre, text information, notes and a free score when available, and the page number in the catalogue. Abbreviations used are "rev." for "revised", "orch." for "orchestrated" and "sc." for "score".

In Genre, instrumental pieces are distinguished as orchestral and chamber music, particularly that for piano. The group of stage works contains operas, ballets and incidental music, while film scores are marked separately. Sacred and secular music for voice is divided in choral, for cantatas and motets, and vocal, holding songs and song cycles.

Compositions by Francis Poulenc

Title	Translation	Key	Scoring	FP	Year	Genre	Text	Notes / Score
Processional pour la crémation d'un mandarin				1	1914 (1914)	piano		destroyed or lost p. 11
Préludes				2	1916 (1916)	piano
Rapsodie nègre			baritone flute clarinet string quartet piano	3	1917 (1917) (rev. 1933)	vocal	by Makoko Kangourou (Marcel Prouille and Charles Moulié)	sc.
Scherzo pour 2 pianos Zèbre			2 pianos	4	1917 (1917)	piano		destroyed or lost (fragment)
Trois Pastorales				5	1918 (1918)	piano
Poème sénégalais				6	1918 (1918)	piano		destroyed or lost
Sonate pour deux clarinettes	Sonata for two clarinets			7	1919 (1919) (rev. 1945)	chamber		dedicated to Édouard Souberbielle · sc.
Sonate				7b	1925 (1925)	piano		piano version of FP 7
Sonate pour piano à 4 mains			piano 4 hands	8	1918 (1918) (rev. 1939)	piano		I Prélude – II Rustique – III Final dedicated to Simone Tilliard · sc.
Prélude-Percussion			percussion	9	1918 (1918)	chamber		destroyed or lost
Le Jongleur				10	1918 (1918) orch. 1919	piano		destroyed or lost
Toréador chanson hispano-italienne				11	1918 (1918) (rev. 1932)	vocal	by Cocteau	sc.
Sonate pour violon et piano	Violin Sonata			12	1918 (1918)	chamber		destroyed or lost
Sonate pour piano, violon et violoncelle	Sonata for piano trio			13	1918 (1918)	chamber		destroyed or lost
Mouvements perpétuels				14a	1918 (1918) (rev. 1939, 1962)	piano		sc. · p. 32
Trois mouvements perpétuels				14b	1925 (1925) (rev. 1939, 1962)	orchestral		orch. of FP 14a
Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée			baritone piano	15a	1919 (1919)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. Le Dromadaire – II. La Chèvre du Tibet – III. La Sauterelle – IV. Le Dauphin – V. L’Écrevisse – VI. La Carpe · sc.
Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d’Orphée			baritone flute clarinet bassoon string quartet	15b	1922 (1922)	vocal		orch. of FP 15a
Cocardes			soprano piano	16a	1919 (1919)	vocal	by Cocteau	I. Miel de Narbonne – II. Bonne d'enfant – III. Enfant de troupe dedicated to Auric · sc.
Cocardes			soprano violin cornet trombone grosse caisse triangle	16b	1939 (1939)	vocal		orch. of FP 16a
Valse en ut	Valse in C			17a	1919 (1919)	piano		part of L'Album des Six · sc.
Valse en ut				17b	1932 (1932)	orchestral		orch. of FP 17a
Quadrille à 4 mains				18	1919 (1919)	piano		lost or destroyed
Suite en 3 mouvements	Piano Suite			19	1920 (1920)	piano		sc.
Le Gendarme incompris			3 voices ensemble	20a	1920 (1920)–21	vocal		lyric comedy in one act, libretto by Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet
Le Gendarme incompris (Suite)				20b	1921 (1921)	orchestral		from FP 20a: I Ouverture – II Madrigal – III Finale · sc.
Cinq Impromptus				21	1920 (1920)–21	piano		I Très agité – II Allegro vivace – III Très modéré – IV Violent – V Andante · sc.
Quatre poèmes de Max Jacob	Four poems by Max Jacob		voice wind quintet	18	1921 (1921)	vocal	by Jacob	I Est-il un coin plus solitaire... – II C'est pour aller au bal – III Poète et Ténor – IV Dans le buisson de mimosa dedicated to Darius Milhaud
La Baigneuse de Trouville carte postale en couleurs				23–1	1921 (1921)	orchestral	by Cocteau	part of the collaborative Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
Discours du général				23–2	1921 (1921)	orchestral	by Cocteau	part of the collaborative Les mariés de la tour Eiffel
Promenades				24	1921 (1921) (rev. 1952)	piano		I. À pied – II. En auto – III. À cheval – IV. En bateau – V. En avion – VI. En autobus – VII. En voiture – VIII. En chemin de fer – IX. À bicyclette – X. En diligence · sc.
Esquisse pour une fanfare				25	1921 (1921)	orchestral		sc.
Trois études de pianola				26	1921 (1921)	piano		lost or destroyed
Première suite d'orchestre				27	1921 (1921)	orchestral		lost or destroyed
Quatuor à cordes No. 1	String Quartet No. 1			28	1921 (1921)	chamber		lost or destroyed
Trio pour piano, clarinette et violoncelle				29	1921 (1921)	chamber		lost or destroyed
Marches militaires pour piano et orchestre				30	1921 (1921)	orchestral		lost or destroyed (fragments)
Chanson à boire	Song to drink		men's choir	31	1922 (1922)	choral	anonymous texts of the 17th century, English by J.-V. Hugo	sc.
Sonate pour clarinette et basson	Sonata for clarinet and bassoon			32a	1922 (1922)	chamber		sc.
Sonate				32b	1945 (1945)	piano		piano version of FP 32a
Sonate pour cor, trompette et trombone	Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone		horn trumpet trombone	33a	1922 (1922)	chamber		dedicated to Raymonde Linossier · sc.
Sonate				33b	1945 (1945)	piano		piano version of FP 33a
Caprice espagnol				34	1922 (1922)	piano		lost or destroyed
La colombe opéra en un acte				35	1923 (1923)	stage (opera recitatives)		recitatives for Charles Gounod's opera
Les biches				36a	1922 (1922)	stage (ballet)		sc.
Les biches (Suite)				36b	1939 (1939)–40	orchestral		from FP 36a I. Rondeau – II. Adagietto – III. Rag-mazurka – IV. Andantino – V. Final
Les biches (Suite)				36c	1923 (1923)	piano		from FP 36a I. Ouverture – II. Rondeau – III. Adagietto – IV. Andantino
Quintette pour cordes et clarinette				37	1923 (1923)	piano		lost or destroyed
Cinq poèmes de Pierre Ronsard			voice piano	38a	1924 (1924)–25	vocal	by Ronsard	I. Attributs – II. Le Tombeau – III. Ballet – IV. Je n’ai plus que les os – V. À son page · sc.
Cinq poèmes de Pierre Ronsard			voice orchestra	38b	1924 (1924)–25	vocal	by Ronsard	Orch. of FP 38a
Sonate pour violon et piano (No. 2)	Violin Sonata No. 2			39	1924 (1924)–25	chamber		lost or destroyed
Napoli				40	1922 (1922)–25	piano		I. Barcarolle – II. Nocturne – III. Caprice italien · sc.
Dorfmusikanten-Sextett von Mozart				41	1925 (1925)			lost or destroyed
Chansons gaillardes	Ribald songs		baritone piano	42	1925 (1925)	vocal		sc.
Trio pour hautbois, basson et piano	Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano			43	1926 (1926)	chamber		sc.
Vocalise			voice piano	44	1927 (1927)	vocal
Pastourelle			voice piano	45a	1927 (1927)	stage (ballet)		part of the collaborative L'Éventail de Jeanne by ten composers
Pastourelle			voice piano	45b	1927 (1927)	vocal		piano version of FP 45a · sc.
Airs chantés			voice piano	46	1927 (1927)–28	vocal	by Moréas	I. Air romantique – II. Air champêtre – III. Air grave – IV. Air vif · sc.
Novelettes				47	1927 (1927)–28	piano		sc.
Trois Pièces			baritone piano	48	1928 (1928)	piano		I. Pastorale – II. Hymne – III. Toccata ·sc.
Concert champêtre			harpsichord orchestra	49	1927 (1927)–29	orchestral		sc.
Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel				50a	1929 (1929)	piano		No. 3 of the collaborative Hommage à Roussel (2 mélodies and 6 pièces for piano by Conrad Beck, Roger Delage, Arthur Honegger, Arthur Hoérée, Jacques Ibert, Darius Milhaud and Alexandre Tansman) published in addition to the Revue musicale (April 1929)
Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel				50b	1949 (1949)	orchestral		sc.
Aubade concerto chorégraphique			piano 18 instruments	51a	1929 (1929)	stage (ballet)		sc
Aubade				51b	1929 (1929)	piano		piano version of FP 51a
Fanfare			voice piano ?	52	1929 (1929)?	piano		lost or destroyed
Valse				53	1929 (1929)?	piano		lost or destroyed
Sonate pour violon et piano (No. 3)	Violin Sonata No. 3			54	1929 (1929)	piano		lost or destroyed
Épitaphe			voice (baritone or mezzo-soprano) piano	55	1930 (1930)	vocal	by Malherbe	sc.
Huit Nocturnes				56	1929 (1929)–30?	piano		I. en ut M – II. Bal des jeunes filles ( fa M) – III. Les Cloches de Malines ( fa M) – IV. Bal fantôme ( ut m) – V. Phalènes (ré m) – VI. en sol M – VII. en mi bémol M – VIII. Pour servir de coda au cycle ( sol M) · sc.
Trois poèmes de Louise Lalanne			voice (soprano) piano	57	1931 (1931)	vocal		I. Le Présent (Marie Laurencin) – II. Chanson (Apollinaire) – III. Hier (Marie Laurencin) · sc.
Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire			voice (baritone or mezzo-soprano) piano	58	1931 (1931)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. L'Anguille – II. Carte postale – III. Avant le cinéma – IV. 1904 · sc.
Cinq poèmes de Max Jacob			voice piano	59	1931 (1931)	vocal	by Jacob	I. Chanson bretonne – II. Le Cimetière – III. La Petite servante – IV. Berceuse – V. Souric et Mouric · sc.
Le Bal masqué cantate profane			voice (baritone or mezzo-soprano) chamber orchestra	60	1932 (1932)	vocal	by Jacob	composed for Marie-Laure and Charles de Noailles · sc.
Caprice en ut majeur				60.I	1932 (1932)	piano		piano version of Final from of FP 60
Intermède en ré mineur				60.II	1932 (1932)	piano		from FP 60.I
Bagatelle en ré mineur pour violon et piano				60.III	1932 (1932)	chamber		excerpts from FP 60.I
Concerto pour deux pianos	Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra	D minor	2 pianos orchestra	61	1932 (1932)	orchestral		sc.
Valse-improvisation sur le nom de BACH				62	1932 (1932)	piano		No. 3 of the collaborative Hommage à J. S. Bach (with Albert Roussel, Alfredo Casella, Gian Francesco Malipiero and Arthur Honegger) · sc.
Improvisations 1 à 10				63	1932 (1932)–34	piano		No. 10: Éloge des gammes · sc.
Intermezzo				64	1933 (1933)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Jean Giraudoux's play
Villageoises 6 petites pièces enfantines				65	1933 (1933)	piano		I. Valse tyrolienne – II. Staccato – III. Rustique – IV. Polka – V. Petite ronde – VI. Coda · sc.
Pierrot			voice piano	66	1932 (1932)	vocal	by Banville
Petrus				67	1932 (1932)	?		lost or destroyed
Feuillets d’album				68	1933 (1933)	piano		I. Ariette – II. Rêve – III. Gigue · sc.
Huit chansons polonaises			voice piano	69	1934 (1934)	vocal	anonymous in French and Polish	I. La Couronne – II. Le Départ – III. Les Gars polonais – IV. Le Dernier Mazour – V. L'Adieu – VI. Le Drapeau blanc – VII. La Vistule – VIII. Le Lac · sc.
Presto en si bémol majeur				70	1934 (1934)	piano		dedicated to Vladimir Horowitz · sc.
Intermezzo No. 1 en ut majeur				71–1	1934 (1934)	piano		sc.
Intermezzo No. 2 en ré bémol majeur				71–2	1934 (1934)	piano
Humoresque				72	1934 (1934)	piano
Badinage				73	1934 (1934)	piano
Villanelle			recorder piano	74	1934 (1934)	chamber		dedicated to Louise Hanson-Dyer
Quatre chansons pour enfants			voice piano	75	1934 (1934)–35	vocal	by Nohain	I. Nous voulons une petite sœur – II. La Tragique Histoire du petit René – III. Le Petit Garçon trop bien portant – IV. Monsieur Sans-souci
La Belle au bois dormant			voice piano	76	1936 (1936)	film		music for the commercial film by Alexandre Alexeieff
Cinq poèmes de Paul Éluard			voice piano	77	1935 (1935)	vocal	by Éluard	I. Peut-il se reposer ? – II. Il la prend dans ses bras – III. Plume d’eau claire – IV. Rôdeuse au front de verre – V. Amoureuse · sc.
La Reine Margot			voice piano	78	1935 (1935)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Édouard Bourdet's play, in collaboration with Auric
À sa guitare			voice piano or harp	79a	1935 (1935)	vocal	by Ronsard	after FP 78 · sc
À sa guitare			voice orchestra	79b	1935 (1935)	vocal	by Ronsard	Orch. of FP 79a
Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise			wind instruments drum harpsichord	80a	1935 (1935)	chamber		sc.
Suite française				80b	1935 (1935)	piano	by Ronsard	piano version of FP 80a
Sept Chansons			choir	81	1936 (1936)	choral		I. Blanche Neige (Apollinaire) – II. À peine défigurée (Éluard) – III. Par une nuit nouvelle (Éluard) – IV. Tous les droits (Éluard) – V. Belle et ressemblante (Éluard) – VI. Marie (Apollinaire) – VII. Luire (Éluard) · sc.
Litanies à la Vierge Noire Notre-Dame de Rocamadour			women's (or children's) choir organ	82a	1936 (1936)	choral		sc.
Litanies à la Vierge Noire			women's (or children's) choir orchestra (strings and timpani)	82b	1936 (1936)	choral		orch. of FP 82a
Petites Voix Notre-Dame de Rocamadour			3-part women's (or children's) choir	83	1936 (1936)	choral	by Ley	I. La Petite Fille sage – II. Le Chien perdu – III. En rentrant de l'école – IV. Le Petit garçon malade – V. Le Hérisson
Soirées de Nazelles				84	1930 (1930)–36	piano		sc.
Plains-chants de Cocteau			voice piano	85	1936 (1936)	vocal		lost or destroyed
Tel jour telle nuit			voice piano	86	1936 (1936)–37	vocal	by Éluard	I. Bonne journée – II. Une ruine coquille vide – III. Le Front comme un drapeau perdu – IV. Une roulotte couverte en tuiles – V. À toutes brides – VI. Une herbe pauvre – VII. Je n’ai envie que de t’aimer – VIII. Figure de force brûlante et farouche – IX. Nous avons fait la nuit · sc.
Bourrée, au pavillon d’Auvergne				87	1937 (1937)	piano		part of the collaborative À l’exposition, 1937 · sc.
Deux marches et un intermède				88	1937 (1937)	orchestral		I. Marche 1889 – II. Intermède champêtre – III. Marche 1937 · sc.
Messe en sol majeur	Mass in G		soprano mixed choir	89	1937 (1937)	choral (sacred)		sc. · p. 288
Sécheresses			mixed choir (SATB) orchestra	90	1937 (1937)	choral (cantata)	by James	sc.
Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin			voice piano	91	1937 (1937)	vocal	by Vilmorin	I. Le Garçon de Liège – II. Au-delà – III. Aux officiers de la garde blanche
Le Portrait			voice piano	92	1938 (1938)	vocal	by Colette
Concerto pour orgue, cordes et timbales	Organ Concerto	G minor	organ timpani string orchestra	93	1934 (1934)–38	orchestral
Deux poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire			voice piano	94	1938 (1938)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. Dans le jardin d'Anna – II. Allons plus vite · sc.
Priez pour paix			voice piano	95	1938 (1938)	vocal	by Charles d'Orléans	sc.
La Grenouillère			voice piano	96	1938 (1938)	vocal	by Apollinaire	sc.
Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence	Four Penitential Motets		mixed choir	97	1938 (1938)–39	choral (sacred motet)		sc. · p. 288–292
Miroirs brûlants			voice piano	98	1938 (1938)–39	vocal	by Éluard	I. Tu vois le feu du soir – II. Je nommerai ton front · sc. · p. 293–294
Ce doux petit visage			voice piano	99	1939 (1939)	vocal	by Éluard	sc.
Sextuor	Sextet		wind quintet piano	100	1932 (1932) (rev. 1939–40)	chamber		sc.
Fiançailles pour rire			voice piano	101	1939 (1939)	vocal	by Vilmorin
Bleuet			voice piano	102	1939 (1939)	vocal	by Apollinaire
Suite française d'après Claude Gervaise				103	1939 (1939)	piano		sc.
Deux préludes posthumes et une gnossienne				104	1939 (1939)	orchestral (chamber)		orch. of pieces by Erik Satie I. Fête donnée par les chevaliers normands en l'honneur d'une jeune demoiselle – II. Premier prélude nazaréen – III. Troisième gnossienne
Mélancolie				105	1940 (1940)	piano		sc.
Léocadia				106	1940 (1940)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Jean Anouilh's play · lost but for FP 106-Ia
Les Chemins de l'amour	The pathways of love		voice piano	106-Ia	1940 (1940)	vocal		sung waltz from FP 106 · sc.
Les Chemins de l'amour			voice clarinet bassoon violin double bass piano	106-Ib	1940 (1940)	vocal	by Jean Anouilh	orch. of FP 106-Ia
Banalités			voice piano	107	1940 (1940)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. Chanson d’Orkenise – II. Hôtel – III. Fagnes de Wallonie – IV. Voyage à Paris – V. Sanglots · sc.
Colloque			voice (soprano, baritone) piano	108	1940 (1940)	vocal	by Valéry
Exultate Deo			4-part choir	109	1941 (1941)	choral (sacred motet)	Exultate Deo	sc.
Salve Regina			4-part choir	110	1941 (1941)	choral (sacred motet)	Salve Regina	sc.
Les Animaux modèles				111a	1940 (1940)-41	stage (ballet)
Les Animaux modèles (Suite)				111b	1942 (1942)	orchestral		six movements from FP 111a · sc.
La Fille du jardinier				112	1941 (1941)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Charles Exbrayat's play
Improvisation 11–12				113	1941 (1941)	piano		No. 12: "Hommage à Franz Schubert" · sc.
Un joueur de flûte berce les ruines			flute	114	1941 (1941)	chamber		unpublished
Trio à cordes	String Trio			115	1941 (1941)	chamber		lost or destroyed
La Duchesse de Langeais				116	1942 (1942)	film		music for the film by Jacques de Baroncelli, adapted from Honoré de Balzac's novel by Jean Giraudoux
Chansons villageoises			voice piano	117a	1942 (1942)	vocal	by Fombeure	I. Chanson du Clair Tamis – II. Les Gars qui vont à la fête – III. C’est le joli printemps – IV. Le Mendiant – V. Chanson de la fille frivole – VI. Le Retour du sergent
Chansons villageoises			voice (baritone) chamber orchestra	117b	1942 (1942)	vocal		orch. of FP 117
Intermezzo No. 3 en la bémol majeur				118	1943 (1943)	piano		sc.
Sonate pour violon et piano	Violin Sonata			119	1942 (1942)–43 (rev. 1949)	chamber		sc. · p. 330–332
Figure humaine			12-part choir	120	1943 (1943)	choral (cantata)	by Éluard	p. 333–335
Métamorphoses			voice piano	121	1943 (1943)	vocal	by Vilmorin	I. Reine des mouettes – II. C'est ainsi que tu es – III. Paganini
Deux poèmes de Louis Aragon			voice piano	122	1943 (1943)	vocal	by Aragon	I. C – II. Fêtes galantes
Le Voyageur sans bagage				123	1943 (1943)	film		music for the film by Jean Anouilh
La Nuit de la Saint-Jean				124	1944 (1944)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for the play by J. M. Barrie
Les Mamelles de Tirésias			soloists choir orchestra	125	1944 (1944)	stage (opera)	by Apollinaire	sc.
Un soir de neige			4-6-part mixed choir	126	1944 (1944)	choral (cantata)	by Éluard	sc.
Montparnasse			voice piano	127–1	1941 (1941)–45	vocal	by Apollinaire
Hyde Park			voice piano	127–2	1945 (1945)	vocal	by Apollinaire
Le Soldat et la Sorcière				128	1945 (1945)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for the play by Armand Salacrou
L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant			narrator piano	129	1940 (1940)–45	piano	by Brunhoff	orch. by Jean Françaix · sc.
Huit chansons françaises			mixed choir men's choir	130	1945 (1945)	choral		I. Margoton va t'a l'iau – II. La Belle se sied au pied de la tour – III. Pilons l'orge – IV. Clic, clac, dansez sabots (pour chœur d'hommes) – V. C'est la petit' fill' du prince – VI. La Belle si nous étions (pour chœur d'hommes) – VII. Ah ! mon beau laboureur – VIII. Les Tisserands · sc.
Deux mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire			voice piano	131	1946 (1946)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. Le Pont – II. Un poème
Deux mélodies sur des poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire			voice piano	132	1946 (1946)	vocal	by Radiguet	sc.
Quatuor à cordes No. 2 Place Pereire	String Quartet No. 2			133	1946 (1946)	chamber		lost or destroyed
Le Disparu			voice piano	134	1947 (1947)	vocal	by Desnos
Main dominée par le cœur			voice (soprano) piano	135	1947 (1947)	vocal	by Éluard	sc.
Trois chansons de Federico García Lorca			voice piano	136	1947 (1947)	vocal	by Lorca	I. L’Enfant muet – II. Adeline à la promenade – III. Chanson à l’oranger sec
Mais mourir			voice piano	137	1947 (1947)	vocal	by Éluard	I. L’Enfant muet – II. Adeline à la promenade – III. Chanson à l’oranger sec
L'Invitation au château				138	1947 (1947)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Jean Anouilh's play
Amphitryon				139	1947 (1947)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Molière's 1668 play for the compagnie Renaud-Barrault at the théâtre Marigny
Calligrammes			voice piano	140	1948 (1948)	vocal	by Apollinaire	I. L’Espionne – II. Mutation – III. Vers le Sud – IV. Il pleut – V. La Grâce exilée – VI. Aussi bien que les cigales – VII. Voyage
Sinfonietta				141	1947 (1947)	orchestral		sc.
Quatre petites prières de saint François d’Assise			4-part men's choir	142	1948 (1948)	choral (sacred)	Francis of Assisi	I. Salut, dame Sainte – II. Tout puissant, très saint – III. Seigneur, je vous en prie – IV. Ô mes très chers frères · sc.
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano	Cello Sonata			143	1940 (1940)–48 (rev. 1953)	chamber		sc. · p. 393–395
Hymne			voice (bass) piano	144	1947 (1947)	vocal (sacred)	by Racine	sc.
Les Bijoux de poitrine, mazurka			voice piano	145	1949 (1949)	vocal	by Vilmorin	part of the collaborative song cycle Les Mouvements du cœur in memory of Frédéric Chopin, with Darius Milhaud, Henri Sauguet, Auric, Jean Françaix and Léon Preger, premiered by bass Doda Conrad
Concerto pour piano	Piano Concerto			146	1949 (1949)	orchestral		sc.
La Fraîcheur et le Feu			voice piano	147	1950 (1950)	vocal	by Éluard	I. Rayon des yeux – II. Le matin les branches attisent – III. Tout disparut – IV. Dans les ténèbres du jardin – V. Unis la fraîcheur et le feu – VI. Homme au sourire tendre – VII. La Grande rivière qui va
Stabat Mater			soprano five-part choir orchestra	148	1950 (1950)–51	choral (sacred orchestral)	Stabat Mater	sc.
Le Voyage en Amérique			2 pianos	149	1951 (1951)	film		music for the film by Henri Lavorel
L'Embarquement pour Cythère				150	1951 (1951)	piano		Valse musette after FP 149 · sc.
Thème varié				151	1951 (1951)	piano		sc.
Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël			4-part choir	152	1951 (1951)–52	choral (sacred motet)		I. O magnum mysterium – II. Quem vidistis pastores dicite – III. Videntes stellam – IV. Hodie Christus natus est · sc. · p. 417–419
Matelote provençale				153	1952 (1952)	orchestral		part of the colleborative La guirlande de Campra
Ave verum corpus			3-part women's choir	154	1952 (1952)	choral (sacred motet)	Ave verum corpus	sc.
Capriccio			2 pianos	155	1952 (1952)	piano		after Le Bal masqué (FP 60), dedicated to Samuel Barber
Sonate pour deux pianos				156	1953 (1953)	piano		I. Prologue – II. Allegro molto – III. Andante lirico – IV. Épilogue
Parisiana			voice piano	157	1954 (1954)	vocal	by Jacob	I. Jouer du bugle – II. Vous n'écrivez plus ? · sc.
Rosemonde			voice piano	158	1954 (1954)	vocal	by Apollinaire	sc.
Dialogues des carmélites	Dialogues of the Carmelites		soloists choir orchestra	159	1956 (1956)	stage (opera)	by Poulenc after Georges Bernanos	sc.
Bucolique				160	1954 (1954)	orchestral		part of the collaborative Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long
Le Travail du peintre			voice piano	161	1956 (1956)	vocal	by Éluard	I. Pablo Picasso – II. Marc Chagall – III. Georges Braque – IV. Juan Gris – V. Paul Klee – VI. Joan Miró – VII. Jacques Villon
Deux mélodies			voice piano	162	1956 (1956)	vocal		I. La Souris (Guillaume Apollinaire) – II. Nuage (Laurence de Beylié)
Dernier Poème			voice piano	163	1956 (1956)	vocal	by Desnos	sc.
Sonate pour flûte et piano	Flute Sonata			164	1956 (1956)–57	chamber		sc.
Ave Maria				165	1957 (1957)	sacred	Ave Maria	lost or destroyed
Sonate pour basson et piano	Bassoon Sonata			166	1957 (1957)	chamber		lost or destroyed
Vive Nadia			voice piano	167	1956 (1956)	vocal		homage to Nadia Boulanger
Élégie pour cor et piano			horn piano	168	1956 (1956)	chamber		homage to Dennis Brain
Une chanson de porcelaine			voice piano	169	1956 (1956)	vocal	by Éluard
Improvisation 13–14				170	1958 (1958)	piano		sc.
La voix humaine			soprano orchestra	171	1958 (1958)	stage (opera)	by Cocteau	sc.
Laudes de saint Antoine de Padoue			3-part men's choir	172	1952 (1952)	choral (sacred motet)		I. O Jesu – II. O Proles – III. Laus Regi – IV. Si quaeris · sc.
Novelette				173	1958 (1958)–59	piano		sc.
Fancy			voice piano	174	1959 (1959)	vocal		after Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice · sc.
Élégie pour 2 pianos (en accords alternés)			2 pianos	175	1959 (1959)	piano		homage to Marguerite de Polignac (called Marie-Blanche) · sc.
Improvisation 15				176	1959 (1959)	piano		homage to Édith Piaf · sc.
Gloria			soprano choir orchestra	177	1959 (1959)	choral (sacred orchestral)	Gloria	sc.
La Courte Paille	The short straw		voice piano	178	1960 (1960)	vocal	by Carême	I. Le Sommeil – II. Quelle aventure ! – III. La Reine de cœur – IV. Ba, be, bi, bo, bu – V. Les Anges musiciens – VI. Le Carafon – VII. Lune d’avril
Sarabande pour guitare			guitar	179	1960 (1960)	chamber		dedicated to Ida Presti · sc.
La Dame de Monte-Carlo			voice (soprano) orchestra	180	1961 (1961)	vocal	by Cocteau
Sept répons des ténèbres			treble boys' choir orchestra	181	1961 (1961)	choral (sacred orchestral)		sc.
Nos souvenirs qui chantent			voice piano	182	1961 (1961)	vocal	by Tatry
Renaud et Armide				183	1962 (1962)	stage (incidental)		incidental music for Cocteau's 1943 play
Sonate pour clarinette et piano	Clarinet Sonata			184	1962 (1962)	chamber		sc.
Sonate pour hautbois et piano	Oboe Sonata			185	1962 (1962)	chamber		sc.
Ce siècle a cinquante ans			orchestra	?	1950 (1950)	film		music for the documentary directed by Denise Batcheff, Roland Tual and Werner Malbran, composed in collaboration with Auric, Henri Sauguet and Jean Wiener.

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External links

• List of works by Francis Poulenc at the International Music Score Library Project
• List of works by musical genres – Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) (in French) BNF
• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963) / Compositions (in French) BNF