Francis Poulenc: Articles and Interviews: Notes from the Heart
- Author: Southon, Nicolas
- Translator: Nichols, R
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Contents
- Contents: Preface to the translation
- Translators Note
- Introduction
- Part I Articles: Le Coq and Le Coq Parisien
- On Igor Stravinsky's Mavra
- On Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
- In praise of banality
- Long live Stravinsky!
- The composer and the sorcerer
- Francis Poulenc on his ballets
- For the harpsichord, Wanda Landowska has completed in New York her life's work'
- Pages from America (diary extracts)
- Erik Satie's piano music
- How I composed Les Dialogues des Carmelites
- Opera in the cinema era. Part II Critical Articles and Reviews: On Richard Strauss's Elektra
- On Oberon
- The Paris Opera ought to put on Fidelio
- The heart of Maurice Ravel. Part III Contributions to Works by Others: The lessons of Claude Debussy
- Preface to Gabriel Laplane, Albeniz: sa vie, son /uvre
- Notes on Ravel. Part IV Response to a Survey: Is there a 'Messiaen affair'? Part V Lectures: My teachers and my friends
- My songs and their poets. Part VI Interviews: Interview with Andre Laphin
- Interview with Lucien Chevallier
- Interview with Jose Bruyr
- Interview with Nino Franck
- Interview with A.P.
- Interview with Jeannie Chaveau
- Interview with Claude Chamfray
- Interview with Fernando Lopes-Graca
- Interview with Paul Guth
- Pulenc: an act of faith, Daniel Bernet
- Interview with Henri Hell
- Interview with Martine Cadieu
- Interview: 'A Denizen of Noizay'
- Interview with Denise Bourdet. Part VII Interviews with Claude Rostand: Preface to interviews
- Interviews 1- 18. Index.