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Francis Poulenc

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Profession
Composer
Died
Jan 30, 1963
Zodiac
Capricorn
Born in
France
About
Versatile composer whose works included art song, solo piano, chamber, oratorio, choral, opera, ballet, and orchestral. He wrote "Le bestiaire, ou Le cortège d'Orphée" in 1917 as a cycle of melodies based on poems by Guillaume Apollinaire.
Family
His father was a director of a chemical corporation, while his mother was an amateur pianist.

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