Fiançailles pour rire
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Fiançailles pour rire ("Betrothal for Laughs"),
Louise de Vilmorin. Composed in 1939, it was premiered on 21 March 1942 at Salle Gaveau by the soprano Geneviève Touraine and the composer as the pianist.[citation needed
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Titles
- La Dame d'André
- Dans l'herbe
- Il vole
- Mon cadavre est doux comme un gant
- Violon
- Fleurs
Dedicatees
The song "Fleurs" was dedicated to Solange d'Ayen, the Duchess of Ayen and fashion editor of French Vogue magazine.[1][2]
References
- ^ "[Fleurs. FP 101, no 6] Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)". Bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ISBN 9780670453665.
Solange d'Ayen, the aristocratic and beautiful fashion editor (to whom Poulenc once dedicated a song)
External links
- Fiançailles pour rire sur data.bnf.fr
- Original text by de Villmorin in French and English
- Fiançailles pour rire - Mélodies françaises on ForumOpera
- Fiançailles pour rire, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 101 on ALLMUSIC
- Mady Mesplé; Fiançailles pour rire on YouTube
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