02284nam 2200505 450 991081094870332120200708111027.00-300-25255-210.12987/9780300252552(CKB)4100000010858764(MiAaPQ)EBC6152263(StDuBDS)EDZ0002390506(DE-B1597)550930(DE-B1597)9780300252552(OCoLC)1198929091(EXLCZ)99410000001085876420201201e20212020 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPoulenc a biography /Roger Nichols[electronic resource]New Haven :Yale University Press,2021.1 online resource (403 pages)Yale scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2020.0-300-22650-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- I Overture and Beginners: 1899–1918 -- II ‘Now We Are Six’: 1919–1924 -- III Dreaming of Maturity: 1924–1928 -- IV Depression and Recovery: 1929–1934 -- V Surrealism and Faith: 1934–1939 -- VI The Years of Darkness: 1939–1944 -- VII ‘Liberty, I Write Your Name’: 1944–1952 -- VIII Mad about Nuns: 1952–1956 -- IX Joy, Suffering and Farewell: 1957–1963 -- Appendix -- Envoi -- Endnotes -- Chronology -- Catalogue of Works -- Select Bibliography -- Index Francis Poulenc is a key figure in twentieth-century classical music, as well as an unorthodox and striking individual. Roger Nichols draws upon Poulenc's music and other primary sources to write an authoritative life of this great artist.Yale scholarship online.ComposersFranceBiographyFrancefastBiographies.fastBiographies.lcgftComposers780.92Nichols Roger1598422StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910810948703321Poulenc4115243UNINA