Rapsodie nègre
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Rapsodie nègre, FP 3, is a work dating from 1917 by Francis Poulenc for flute, clarinet, string quartet, baritone and piano. It was the composer's first work to be publicly performed.
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Rapsodie nègre | |
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Chamber music by Francis Poulenc | |
Catalogue | FP 3 |
Text | by "Makoko Kangourou" |
Language | French |
Composed | 1917 (1917) |
Dedication | Erik Satie |
Performed | 11 December 1917 (1917-12-11): Paris |
Movements | 5 |
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The piece is in five movements, three of them purely instrumental; the central interlude is for baritone and piano, and the finale features all the performers. The dedicatee of the piece was Erik Satie.