Musical Borrowing
An Annotated Bibliography

Individual record

[+] Poulenc, Francis. Diary of My Songs. Translated by Winifred Radford. London: Victor Gollancz, 1985.

Poulenc's songs should be performed according to the instructions given in this diary. In composing them he was influenced by Liszt, Mussorgsky, Stravinsky, and Edith Piaf. He borrowed melodies from Mussorgsky, the lied-chanson style from Edith Piaf, and the tempo and harmonic progression from Stravinsky's Serenade in A for piano. From his own earlier works he borrowed themes, key, tempo, orchestration, and harmonic style.

Works: Poulenc: Tel jour, telle nuit (35), La Grenouillière (51), Chansons villageoises (71), Le Disparu (85), La Fraicheur et le feu (99), Dialogues des Carmelites (101), Nuage (107).

Index Classifications: 1900s

Contributed by: Cathleen Cameron



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