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| | |  This beautiful piece was created by the youth national choir and the conductor Christine Morel. Francis Poulenc was a pianist and a French composer. He was a part from the “Groupe des Six.” The “Groupe des Six” was a group composed of several composers, the poet and writer Jean Cocteau, Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud. “La tragique histoire du petit René” is extracted from the collection “Quatre chansons pour enfants” by Jean Nohain, set to music by Francis Poulenc in 1934. As the melodic line is quite simple, the performer has to mime and play this tragic story. This song is written in a cabaret style. Jean Nohain’s comic text is enhanced by Francis Poulenc’s harmonies and by a spirited melody based on popular melodies. The song was firstly written for piano-vocals, and it was arranged for four mixed voices. |
| | |  This piece was first written for an equal voice choir (ref. ACJ 9293). Alexandre Rydin said: “Ever since I discovered the beautiful and joyful poems by Omar Khayam, I did not wait to compose a choir song with those amazing quatrains. The poet lived in the 1050s in the Middle East. Every page exudes joie de vivre, metaphors are suggestive, and Omar Khayam mention the flower, the tulip, and the rose with sweetness ‘verre de vin, la jolie comme la tulipe, les soupirs du matin’ (glass of wine, the belle like the tulip, morning sighs).”This piece is rather tonal, tempo is fast and rhythm is simple. It can easily be performed by an amateur choir.(Translated from French) |
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