| Sonate pour cor, trompette et trombone | |
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| Chamber music byFrancis Poulenc | |
| Catalogue | FP 33a |
| Composed | 1922 (1922), revised 1945 |
| Dedication | Raymonde Linossier |
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| Premiere | |
| Date | 4 January 1923 (1923-01-04) |
| Location | Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris |
TheSonate pour cor, trompette et trombone (Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone),FP 33a, byFrancis Poulenc is a piece ofchamber music composed in 1922 and dedicated to Raymonde Linossier (1897–1930).[1] Poulenc revised it in 1945. Its total performance time is about eight minutes.
The sonata is the composer's second extant work of chamber music, after theSonata for two clarinets. It was written between August and October 1922 at the same time as theSonata for clarinet and bassoon,[2] and was premiered at theThéâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 4 January 1923 at a Satie-Poulenc concert organized byJean Wiener.[3] Poulenc revised the composition in 1945.[4][5]
Since its inception, reception has been favourable, especially that ofCharles Koechlin which Poulenc reports in one of his letters, specifying: "... a beaucoup aimé ses 'fourbis', qu'il a trouvé très bien écrits. C'est là l'essentiel." (... loved very much his 'mess' which he found very well written. That is essential.)[2] Poulenc's biographerHenri Hell finds that the two pieces written the same year "acid and tender, well written for wind instruments, have all the quality of the Sonata for two clarinets and the contemporaryTrois mouvements perpétuels".[6]
Like most of the composer's chamber music pieces, with the exception of theCello Sonata, the sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone has three short movements:
The character of the music resembles a fair music, conforming to the spirit ofLes Six.[3] Kathy Henkel described the first movement as a series of dance episodes, the second as alullaby derived frommotifs of the first movement, and the third as arondo with more light-hearted dance music. She summarizes the piece's "variety of tone colors, striking rhythms, delicious dissonances, and elegant wit".[4]
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