Apparently, at the premiere of this piece the baritone that was hired to sing refused to at the last moment and thus Poulenc decided to sing the honoloulou part himself, one of the only occasions on which he sang in public.
Ecouter Fr. Poulenc, c'est abolir le déferlement de bruits et d'images du quotidien pour entrouvrir l'espace d'un ailleurs où la contingence et la représentation cèdent la place à l'immatérialité du sensible. Une fois refermée la porte sur l'agitation du monde, un silence sous-jacent s'installe, une lenteur saisit, préludes à une dilatation de la perception et de la conscience. Dans le courant du fleuve des notes qui nous traverse, le pouvoir expressif de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers impalpable. Couleurs, composition, rythme, constituent un langage qui donne véritablement voix à l'exaltation !
"The third movement, “Honoloulou,” uses a baritone solo in an obsessively repetitive descending tetrachord pattern, to a text purportedly by Liberian poet Makoko Kangourou in a “language” of nonsense syllables (“Honoloulou, poti lama! / honoloulou, honoloulou, / kati moko, mosi bolou” etc.). The book in which Poulenc found the text has never been located, and the “Liberian” poet was almost certainly a hoax)." -Emily Ferrigno (Encountering The Other: Images from the Gilmore Music Library's Special Collections at Yale University)
Lol, that Honoloulou chant in the Final gives me the creeps. Sounds like something from an old horror movie about an island with cannibalistic natives.
Le "politiquement correct" doit sûrement être le responsable de la désaffection qui s'abat sur cette petite rhapsodie bien sympathique du jeune Poulenc...
This is a new one for me. Thanks for the upload! I haven't decided if I like it or not quite yet. A few repeated playings will give me a better perspective. But I did click on the LIKE button above because I appreciate hearing more Poulenc!
Okay......I had heard of this piece, but this is the first time I've actually heard the whole thing. A little weirder than most of the Poulenc I've listened to over the years, but I guess it has it's charms.
Poulenc is really brilliant. My choir sang "Les Tisserands" in quarantine style. Write this down in the research. You will love it for sure: Corale Novarmonia - Les Tisserands (F. Poulenc)
Une curiosité. Je me suis forcé pour l'entendre et la lire jusqu'au bout, je dois avouer, cependant. Je crois que le directeur qui avait reçu cette œuvre de la part du jeune Poulenc s'était mis en colère en lui reprochant de courir avec Stravinsky et les autres.
ggdeblanzat C'est Paul Vidal qui a donné un avis défavorable sur cette œuvre, au Conservatoire de Paris. Information issue d'une biographie de Poulenc par Benjamin Ivry. C'est d'ailleurs ce qui a poussé Stravinsky à commander l'impression de cette œuvre à Londres! :)
bah le directeur était un gros con alors... Heureusement j crois que Ravel est venu juste après pour le féliciter pour cette suite, en mentionnant la créativité de son "propre folklore". ça doit être grâce à ça que Poulenc a un peu décollé après.
Right, Vidal had recieved him in his home and they had a friendly interaction, until Poulenc showed him this sheet music, after which Vidal got very mad and practically threw Poulenc out of his home. Poulenc did get a reassuring letter about this from Erik Satie, which consolidated their friendship.
Wasn't this about the first piece Poulenc had published? Not too shabby. He was having fun...at the expense of many clichés....there is nothing wrong with that, is there?
What is this suppose to be? The inner thoughts of a cow? This really doesn't sound like much effort was put into it. It's like he thought of one idea and just copied and pasted it, as if he only had a day to write it.
![Francis Poulenc - Le bal masqué [With score]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/kTqC28EKFFs/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Full Score] Poulenc - Concert champêtre, FP 49 (for harpsichord and orchestra)](/img/n.gif)
Apparently, at the premiere of this piece the baritone that was hired to sing refused to at the last moment and thus Poulenc decided to sing the honoloulou part himself, one of the only occasions on which he sang in public.
...hidden behind a big music stand, in a soldier's costume
This kid was 18 when he wrote this!! The subversion of the triplet motif in the B section of V is dope. So fire!
the prelude is so beautiful
Ecouter Fr. Poulenc, c'est abolir le déferlement de bruits et d'images du quotidien pour entrouvrir l'espace d'un ailleurs où la contingence et la représentation cèdent la place à l'immatérialité du sensible. Une fois refermée la porte sur l'agitation du monde, un silence sous-jacent s'installe, une lenteur saisit, préludes à une dilatation de la perception et de la conscience. Dans le courant du fleuve des notes qui nous traverse, le pouvoir expressif de l'architecture sonore rompt avec toute forme de transcription du réel pour s'attacher à l'expression d'un univers impalpable. Couleurs, composition, rythme, constituent un langage qui donne véritablement voix à l'exaltation !
"The third movement, “Honoloulou,” uses a baritone solo in an obsessively repetitive descending tetrachord pattern, to a text purportedly by Liberian poet Makoko Kangourou in a “language” of nonsense syllables (“Honoloulou, poti lama! / honoloulou, honoloulou, / kati moko, mosi bolou” etc.). The book in which Poulenc found the text has never been located, and the “Liberian” poet was almost certainly a hoax)."
-Emily Ferrigno (Encountering The Other: Images from the Gilmore Music Library's Special Collections at Yale University)
Bravo !
síii!
Poulenc was a funster and punster at composition. Appeals to moi!
Yeah, yeah. But did you like it ?
BRAVOOOO
Lol, that Honoloulou chant in the Final gives me the creeps. Sounds like something from an old horror movie about an island with cannibalistic natives.
+Thomas Minot Except that no such movies had been made yet. :)
Some of this really reminds me of Magma. The chanting and something about the way the chords and fast melodies are used.
meilleur oeuvre jamais composée, surtout le dernier accord.
Reminds me of the work of William Grant Still. Soothing, moving, great!
What a fun semi-dadaist piece.
Never knew about this work till I just found it on YT! Thanks for sharing!
The poet and his text were invented
The 14 dislikes are Paul Vidal clones
Le "politiquement correct" doit sûrement être le responsable de la désaffection qui s'abat sur cette petite rhapsodie bien sympathique du jeune Poulenc...
This is a new one for me. Thanks for the upload! I haven't decided if I like it or not quite yet. A few repeated playings will give me a better perspective. But I did click on the LIKE button above because I appreciate hearing more Poulenc!
Okay......I had heard of this piece, but this is the first time I've actually heard the whole thing. A little weirder than most of the Poulenc I've listened to over the years, but I guess it has it's charms.
かっこえぃ…！！！！！！！！
4:54 banana?
+Renji Mao mmbuahahahahahahahahahahahah
+Renji Mao kawai hahahaha
Poulenc is really brilliant. My choir sang "Les Tisserands" in quarantine style. Write this down in the research. You will love it for sure:
Corale Novarmonia - Les Tisserands (F. Poulenc)
Beautiful
Magnifique !!
Une magnifique fable...
molto interessante e divertente.
china? good feeling, I love it.
연정제가 한국사람인 줄 아셨군요. 반갑습니다.
Dyuwa7 impressionism
Madagascar
In the 3rd mvt. Poulenc seems to be daring the listener to punch him.
très belle musique certainement peu connue
0:47 is fucking eargasm
Bah c’était un petit rigolo dis donc “banana couscous”
Une curiosité. Je me suis forcé pour l'entendre et la lire jusqu'au bout, je dois avouer, cependant. Je crois que le directeur qui avait reçu cette œuvre de la part du jeune Poulenc s'était mis en colère en lui reprochant de courir avec Stravinsky et les autres.
ah.
ggdeblanzat C'est Paul Vidal qui a donné un avis défavorable sur cette œuvre, au Conservatoire de Paris. Information issue d'une biographie de Poulenc par Benjamin Ivry. C'est d'ailleurs ce qui a poussé Stravinsky à commander l'impression de cette œuvre à Londres! :)
bah le directeur était un gros con alors... Heureusement j crois que Ravel est venu juste après pour le féliciter pour cette suite, en mentionnant la créativité de son "propre folklore". ça doit être grâce à ça que Poulenc a un peu décollé après.
Right, Vidal had recieved him in his home and they had a friendly interaction, until Poulenc showed him this sheet music, after which Vidal got very mad and practically threw Poulenc out of his home. Poulenc did get a reassuring letter about this from Erik Satie, which consolidated their friendship.
poulenc is here 18 yrs old...
when wrote
Wasn't this about the first piece Poulenc had published? Not too shabby. He was having fun...at the expense of many clichés....there is nothing wrong with that, is there?
does anyone know if the clarinet tongues the 32ths at the beginning of the finale?
Nobody is tonguing . You can tell.
NERG€
Rutter Out of the Deep anyone?
where?
Lorena Menendez First sequence
ta-ta-ta-ti-ti-ta-ta-ta 0:47
N.B., this is the original version from 1917. Poulenc revised it in 1933, and I prefer that version.
Edition Durand? :-)
Para de comentar mal estos videos. Pesado.
The fact that he legitimately thought he was using African lyrics (which were just gibberish) was cringe AF.
He called the lyrics "pseudo-Malagasy" so he obviously had to know they were not real
wrong score at 8:45?
+Lewis Bae Looks fine to me.
+R. Ringshifter I think he is talking about the last note in the vocal part which is not filled in.
+Deniz Akalın Oh yeah, you're right. Too many beats in that bar looks like.
+Deniz Akalın yeah I think the 4th should be half note
Quid du chanteur ?
Hello, somebody knows in wich album is included this piece? I can't find it in iTunes
Some people don't get it. Good ----nobody wants this type of idiot, being into
music so many others enjoy.. Go listen to some "pop" music.
Amusing, but not particularly important.
cringe
... très très proche d'ATLAS de Meredith Monk !
What is this suppose to be? The inner thoughts of a cow? This really doesn't sound like much effort was put into it. It's like he thought of one idea and just copied and pasted it, as if he only had a day to write it.
+Mark To each their own. I like the first two movements quite a lot.
I like it. What have you written? heh
My own music. You probably wouldn't like it.
Mark, I would like to introduce you to minimalism! Minimalism, meet Mark!
Yeah, yeah. But did you like it? Music is... sent from one heart to another.
c'est une blague
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