10 Improvisations, FP 63 (Poulenc, Francis)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 movements
Composition Year	1932-34
Genre Categories	Improvisations; For piano; Scores featuring the piano; For 1 player

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
3 General Information

Performances

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Complete Score (CA)
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Publisher. Info.	Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., 1933. Plate R.L. 11,880. Paris, Paris: Rouart, Lerolle & Cie., 1934. Plate R.L. 11,893, R.L. 11,918, R.L. 11,919, R.L. 11,924. Reissue – Paris: Salabert, 1990.
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Misc. Notes	Improvisations nos.1–6 were published together in 1933, and 7–10 with individual plate numbers in 1934. Scan includes fifteen improvisations from 1932 to 1959; see comments below. Reprint of eds. published 1933–1960.
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7. Modéré sans lenteur (C major) (CA)
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General Information

Work Title	Improvisations, pour le piano
Alternative. Title
Composer	Poulenc, Francis
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	FP 63
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	IFP 45
Key	Various
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	10 movements: I^ère Improvisation en si mineur. Presto ritmico (B minor, 1932) II^ème Improvisation en la bémol majeur. Assez animé (A♭ major, 1932) III^ème Improvisation en si mineur. Presto très sec (B minor, 1932) IV^ème Improvisation en la bémol majeur. Presto con fuoco (A♭ major, 1932) V^ème Improvisation en la mineur. Modéré mais sans lenteur (A minor, 1932) VI^ème Improvisation en si bémol majeur. A toute vitesse (B♭ major, 1932) VII^ème Improvisation en ut majeur. Modéré sans lenteur (C major, 1933) VIII^ème Improvisation en la mineur. Presto (très sec et ironique) (A minor, 1934) IX^ème Improvisation en ré majeur. Presto possibile (très sec et très net) (D major, 1934) X^ème Improvisation en fa majeur, “Éloge des gammes”. Modéré, sans traîner (F major, 1934)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1932-34
First Publication.	1933 (Improvisations I–VI) 1934 (Improvisations VII–X)
Dedication	Various à Madame Long de Marliave (Marguerite Long, 1874–1966) à Louis Duffey à Brigitte Manceaux (1914–1963) à Claude Popelin (1899–1981) à Georges Auric (1899–1983) à Jacques Février (1900–1979) à la Comtesse A. J. de Noailles à Nora Georges Auric (1903–1982) à Thérèse Dorny (1891–197) à Jacques Lerolle (1880–1944)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	piano
Extra Information	Poulenc’s œuvre contains six more improvisations, an additional five of which are collected in Les Quinze Improvisations: 11–12. XI^ème and XII^ème Improvisations, FP 113 (1941). 13–14. XIII^ème and XIV^ème Improvisations, FP 170 (1958). 15. XV^ème Improvisation en ut mineur, FP 176 (1959). There is also the improvisation for solo piano composed as part of the collective work “Hommage à J.S. Bach”: Valse-improvisation sur le nom de BACH, FP 62 (1932).