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Poulenc

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Pou·lenc  (p-lnk), Francis Jean Marcel 1899-1963.
French composer and pianist whose works include the piano piece Trois Mouvements Perpétuels (1918) and the ballet Les Biches (1924).
Poulenc (French) [pulɛ̃ːk]
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(Biographies / Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963) M, French, MUSIC: composer) Francis (frɑ̃sis). 1899-1963, French composer; a member of Les Six. His works include the operas Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1947) and Dialogues des Carmélites (1957), and the ballet Les Biches (1924)
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Noun1.Poulenc - French pianist and composer (1899-1963)
Francis Poulenc
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In the 1920s he was a member of the chic, Paris-based group of composers known as Les Six, but nowadays his fellow members Francis Poulenc and Darius Milhaud are better remembered and performed far most frequently than he is, and his seriousness and commitment to counterpoint always set him apart from his often far more frivolous colleagues.
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The program has works by Brahms, Bela Bart-k, Francis Poulenc, Carl Reinecke and Malcolm Arnold.
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Chalmers Award ($10,000), offered by the Canadian Opera Volunteer Committee for the Best Canadian Artist; the Joseph Rouleau Award ($7,500), offered by the Hans Black Foundation for the best artist from Quebec; the Poulenc French Song Award ($4,000), offered by Dalton Baldwin and l'Association des Amis de Francis Poulenc; and the People's Choice Award ($2,500), in "Tribute to Leopold Simoneau.
Quebec soprano Marianne Fiset swept the competition to become the ... by Opera Canada
 
 
 
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