Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc was a French composer and pianist whose early works exhibited qualities of wit and dissonance, so that at first he was not taken seriously by the critics. However, since World War II, he has been generally accepted as one of the most distinguished masters of the chanson (French song for piano and voice).
Poulenc was born on , into a wealthy Parisian family. His mother was an accomplished pianist and started giving him piano lessons...