Improvisation No.15 in C minor, FP 176 (Poulenc, Francis)

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Violin, Viola and Piano (Fine)

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For Cello and Piano (Mandozzi)

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General Information

Work Title XVème Improvisation en ut mineur
Alternative. Title Hommage à Édith Piaf
Composer Poulenc, Francis
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. FP 176
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IFP 44
Key C minor
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1959
First Publication. 1960
Dedication à Édith Piaf
Average DurationAvg. Duration 2.5 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Early 20th century
Piece Style Early 20th century
Instrumentation piano

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Poulenc’s œuvre contains fifteen more improvisations, an additional fourteen of which are collected in Les Quinze Improvisations:

There is also the improvisation for solo piano composed as part of the collective work “Hommage à J.S. Bach”: