![]() ![]() Thanks to his childhood friend Raymonde Linossier (1897-1930), Poulenc discovers the Parisian intellectual and literary milieu: first regular visits to Adrienne Monnier’s bookshop (La Maison des Amis des Livres), located at 7 Rue de l’Odéon, where he will be able to meet Aragon, Breton, Eluard and Apollinaire. Moves in with his sister Jeanne (1887-1974) and her husband, on Rue de Monceau. The young Poulenc also meets Milhaud.ġ917 Death of his father. ![]() ![]() This is a veritable revelation, and, throughout his whole life, Stravinsky will remain a master whom he admires immensely.ġ914 As his father insists that he do general and studies and not devote himself exclusively to music, Francis Poulenc does not attend the Conservatoire meets Ricardo Viñes, Catalan professor introduced by Geneviève Sienkiewicz.ġ914-17 Viñes teaches him the music of his time - that of Debussy, Stravinsky and Satie - and introduces him to Cocteau, Marcelle Meyer and Satie. ![]() His mother, Jenny Royer, is from a family of artisans whose Parisian roots date back several generations.ġ904 Jenny sits the young Francis down at the piano and makes him practice Mozart, Schubert and Chopin as well as fashionable romances, ‘loveable bad music’.ġ911-13 ‘Oncle Papoum’ (Marcel Royer, Jenny’s brother), who frequently attends the Opéra-Comique, light comedies and avant-garde concerts, reveals Petrushka and The Rite of Spring to the young Francis. His father, Emile Poulenc, born in 1855, is an industrialist from the Aveyron region who, with his two brothers, runs a chemical factory. Javascript is required to submit files.1899 Birth of Francis Poulenc on 7 January. Public Domain - Non-PD Canada, Non-PD US, Non-PD EU ![]()
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