Suite française (Poulenc)

For other uses, see Suite française (disambiguation).

Suite française French Suite
Orchestral suite by Francis Poulenc
Catalogue	FP 80
Composed	1935 (1935)
Movements	7
Scoring	2 oboes, 2 bassoons 2 trumpets, 3 trombones snare drum, bass drum, cymbals harpsichord

Suite française (French Suite), FP 80, is an orchestral suite for wind instruments, percussion and harpsichord (or harp ad libitum) by Francis Poulenc. It was composed in a neoclassical style in 1935 for Édouard Bourdet's la Reine Margot, and it was inspired by Claude Gervaise's dance collection Le livre de danceries.

Structure

1. Bransle de Bourgogne
2. Pavane
3. Petite marche militaire
4. Complainte
5. Bransle de Champagne
6. Sicilienne
7. Carillon

• A typical performance lasts 14 minutes.

Sources

• Hell, Henri (1959). Francis Poulenc. Translated by Lockspeiser, Edward. New York: Grove Press. OCLC 1268174.
• Tranchefort, François-René (1986). Guide de la musique symphonique. Fayard.
• Schmidt, Carl B. (1995). The Music of Francis Poulenc (1899–1963): A Catalogue. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-816336-7.