for | Male choir (TBarBarB) a cappella |
Musical Editions | Choir score |
Item no. | 107215 |
Author / Composer | Francis Poulenc |
Level | advanced |
Language | french |
Scope | 12 pages; 22 × 30 cm |
Release year | 2007 |
Publisher / Producer | Éditions Salabert |
Producer No. | SLB 00538200 |
ISMN | 9790048003767 |
Scored for a cappella men’s choir, Poulenc’s "Quatre Petites Prieres de Saint François d’Assise" were composed for and dedicated to the monastery choir at Champfleury (and in particular, a certain monk there named Frere Jerome, who happened to be the composer’s great-nephew).
With the use of archaic textures of plainchant and Poulenc’s own harmonic colourings, these four pieces create a unique reverence and solemnity.