Figure humaine
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Figure humaine is a 1943 cantata for double mixed choir by Francis Poulenc, renowned for its a cappella setting of Paul Éluard’s Resistance poems and its powerful anti-war, pro-freedom message.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | cantata ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
anti-war message
ⓘ
freedom ⓘ resistance ⓘ |
| composer | Francis Poulenc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composerNationality | French ⓘ |
| compositionPlace | occupied France ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Paul Éluard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceLanguage | French ⓘ |
| genre | a cappella choral music ⓘ |
| hasForm | multi-movement cantata ⓘ |
| hasKeyMovementFunction | final hymn to liberty ⓘ |
| hasMovement |
Aussi bas que le silence
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
De tous les printemps du monde ⓘ En chantant les servantes s’élancent ⓘ La menace sous le ciel rouge NERFINISHED ⓘ Le jour m’étonne et la nuit me fait peur ⓘ Liberté ⓘ Riant du ciel et des planètes ⓘ Toi ma patiente ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | major choral work of the French Resistance era ⓘ |
| isA cappella | yes ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movementCount | 8 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
complex double-choir writing
ⓘ
intense expressive text setting ⓘ |
| notableMovement | Liberté ⓘ |
| numberOfVoices | 12 ⓘ |
| period | 20th-century music ⓘ |
| politicalContext | French Resistance during World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requiresAccompaniment | no ⓘ |
| scoring | double mixed choir ⓘ |
| style | French modernist choral style ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | human figure as symbol of liberty ⓘ |
| textAuthor | Paul Éluard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textSource | Resistance poems by Paul Éluard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| textTheme |
hope
ⓘ
human dignity ⓘ opposition to oppression ⓘ |
| textType | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| usesPoem | Liberté by Paul Éluard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vocalForces | SATB double choir ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1943 ⓘ |
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