Poulenc

(poo’-liink), Francis, b. Paris, Jan. 7, 1889; composer; mem. of former Group of Six; pupil of Vifies and Koechlin; one of most gifted composers in the little circle of insouciant Paris i an modernists devoted to lighter phases of music; his works parody folk-songs, military marches, tangos, etc., and he often changes his style within a composition; c. (ballet with voice) ‘Les Biches,’”’ prod. with succ. by Diaghileff, Monte Carlo, 1925 (ballet); “‘Les Mariés del a Tour Eiffel” (given in N. Y. by Swedish Ballet); “Le Best i a ire’ for voice and piano; ““Rhapsodie Négre’ and other chamber music pieces; two-piano concerto; 4 hands; clarinets; various song cycles with small orch., and some pop. piano pieces incl. ‘‘Mouvements per pétuels,” “* Promenades,”’ etc. Pow’ell, (1) Walter, Oxford, 1697— 1744, counter-tenor. (2) Maud, Peru, Ill., Aug. 22, 1868—Union-~town, Pa., Jan. 8, 1920; notable American violinist; pupil of Lewis, Leipzig, and widely with Schradieck, of Joachim; toured succe Europe and America; début Berlin Phil., 1885; the same year in America with Theo. Thomas orch.; married H. Godfrey Turner. (3) John, b. Richmond, Va., 1882; pianist and composer; pupil of Hahr, Leschetizky and Navratil; début, Vienna, 1907, followed by tours in Germany, France, England; after 1912, heard as soloist with leading Amer. orchs, and as recitalist; c. (orch.) ‘Negro Rhapsody,” “ Natches-on-the Hill’; piano vin. concertos, string quartets, 2 vin. sonatas (the “Virginiesque’”’ being well known); 3 piano sonatas (subtitled ‘‘ Psycho log i que,’’ “‘ Noble” ° ‘‘Teutontca’’); “At the Fair” and “In the South,” etc.; active in folk-music movement in the South.