Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
Nationality:
French
Born: January 7, 1899, Paris Died: January 30, 1963, Paris (age 64)
Flute Sonata, Op. 164
(for flute and piano)
| 4:47 | I. | Allegro malinconico | |
| 4:13 | II. | Cantilena. Assez lent | |
| 3:44 | III. | Presto giocoso |
Duration: 12 minutes (approximately)
Composed:
1956-1957 (age 56-58)
6 recordings,
6 videos
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12:43
Debost, Février
5:03
Unknown ensemble
I.
Allegro malinconico
12:43
Persichilli, Roi
12:44
Hurel, Couvert
4:48
Dante de Simone, f, Javier Mas, p
I.
Allegro malinconico
3:34
Alexis Angulo
III.
Presto giocoso
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Charles Koechlin (1867-1950)
Teacher
Nationality:
French
Born: November 27, 1867, Paris Died: December 31, 1950, Le Canadel, Var (age 83)
Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)
Friend/Colleague
Nationality:
Swiss
Born: March 10, 1892, Le Havre Died: November 27, 1955, Paris (age 63)
glossary
- allegro [I]—fast, lively tempo. From the Italian word for cheerful or gay.
- assez [Fr]—quite, enough, fairly
- Cantilena [I][S], Cantiléne [F]—song; in a smooth, melodious vocal style
- chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
- duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
- giocoso, giocando, con gioco, giojoso—humorous, jocose, merry joking
- lento, lent [F], lentement [F], avec lenteur [F]—slow (tempo)
- melancolia, con melancolia, Maliconia, con maliconia, maliconico, melancolique [F]—melancholy, gloomy
- opus [L], opera[pl], Op., Opp, WoO, Op. posth—work, as in a work of art. For unique identification, publishers/composers often assign an "opus number", abbreviated as "Op." (e.g. Op. 1). A range of works by opus number, uses the plural "opp." (e.g. "Opp. 1-3"). A single opus number may refer to a collection of works (e.g. a set of quartets) giving rise to designations like "Op. 1, No. 4". For misc. works without opus numbers, "WoO" is often used (e.g."Without Opus"). Posthumously assigned numbers may use "Op. posth". Opus numbers may not precisely reflect chronology (publication vs. composition), can be erroneous, sparse or duplicative. Thus, the works of some historically important composers may use separate catalog numbers (e.g. Bach, Haydn, Schubert). See wiki
- presto—very fast, more so than allegro.
- sonata, sonate, suonato—a complicated term. Originally, "sounded" rather than "sung" (sonar vs. cantar), e.g. instrumental music. According to historical period, sonata began to imply a formal plan of movements as well as the structure within a single movement, e.g. sonata form. In general usage as a work title, it designates a multi-movement piece for solo or duo instruments with one of the instruments enjoying a feature role.