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  • 12 - Poulenc and His Circle: Le style quotidien

  • Edited by Stephen Rumph, University of Washington
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to French Art Song
    Published online:
    19 February 2026
    Print publication:
    19 February 2026, pp 264-282

  • Summary

    During the First World War, musical aesthetics in France changed decisively from fin de siècle Symbolism to Modernism. The style quotidien, articulated by Jean Cocteau in his polemic Le coq et l’arlequin, and exemplified by Satie’s concise mélodies, celebrated everyday musical materials, including popular music, and transformed them in a manner analogous to the cubism of Picasso and the surrealism of Apollinaire. Avant-garde composers such as Tailleferre and and Poulenc, both of whom were members of the composers’ collective ‘Les Six’, responded enthusiastically to these new aesthetic currents. Poulenc in particular extended these post-war developments into a body of mélodies that have become part of the international repertory. This chapter begins with a survey of works by some of Poulenc’s contemporaries. It concludes with a discussion of Poulenc’s place as a composer of mélodies and song cycles such as Banalités, Fiançailles pour rire, and most importantly, Tel jour telle nuit.