Poulenc

American  

[poo-lank] / puˈlɛ̃k /

noun

1. Francis 1899–1963, French composer and pianist.

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Poulenc British  

/ pulɛ̃ːk /

noun

1. Francis (frɑ̃sis). 1899–1963, French composer; a member of Les Six. His works include the operas Les Mamelles de Tirésias (1947) and Dialogues des Carmélites (1957), and the ballet Les Biches (1924)

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Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, he began his career on BBC radio, and interviewed composers and musicians as varied as Francis Poulenc, Count Basie, Oscar Hammerstein and Glenn Gould in 1950s and 60s.

From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025

Poulenc individuates the female roles using vocal weight and range, and with Pérez’s full-voiced Blanche, the Met turned to dramatic voices for the more mature characters.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2023

“The Paris Diary” covers his stay there and is filled with famous names of people he met — Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc, Balthus, Salvador Dali, Paul Bowles, John Cage, Man Ray, and James Baldwin.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022

But he immediately moved into the perfumed world of French “melodie,” treating songs by Debussy, Poulenc and Hahn with sensual phrasing and a series of ravishingly floated high notes..

From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2018

Francis Poulenc neatly summed up the prevailing French ambivalence towards Wagner by saying that, after listening to him, it was necessary to cleanse one’s spirit and ears by listening to Mozart.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall