French composer Francis Poulenc is best known for his important contributions to the mélodie (French art song) and for his choral music. Only a few of his piano pieces are frequently performed, and this piece is one of his beautiful illustrative piano compositions. Each Novelette has a distinctive character and different dedicatee. The first Novelette, in C major, is dedicated to an elderly lady who was a friend of the Poulenc family. The second, in B flat, is dedicated to the music critic Louis Laloy, and the third, in E minor, is dedicated to R. Douglas Gibson, the composer’s dear friend. Poulenc was fond of a blurry piano sound, which can be produced by plenty of pedaling. He liked the melody line singing above the multi-layered sonority. Klara Min
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Francis Poulenc
Three Novelettes for piano Play
Recorded on 08/24/2011, uploaded on 02/28/2012
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French composer Francis Poulenc is best known for his important contributions to the mélodie (French art song) and for his choral music. Only a few of his piano pieces are frequently performed, and this piece is one of his beautiful illustrative piano compositions. Each Novelette has a distinctive character and different dedicatee. The first Novelette, in C major, is dedicated to an elderly lady who was a friend of the Poulenc family. The second, in B flat, is dedicated to the music critic Louis Laloy, and the third, in E minor, is dedicated to R. Douglas Gibson, the composer’s dear friend. Poulenc was fond of a blurry piano sound, which can be produced by plenty of pedaling. He liked the melody line singing above the multi-layered sonority. Klara Min
More music by Francis Poulenc
Sonata for Flute and Piano
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Hommage à Edith Piaf
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, FP 146
Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant, from Fiançailles pour rire
Les soirées de Nazelles
Fiançailles pour Rire
Les chemins de l'amour
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
Three Novelettes for piano
Performances by same musician(s)
Andante Spianato and Grand Polonaise, Op. 22
Romance
Okbinyo from "Go Poong"
Impromptu no. 1 in A-flat major Op. 29
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