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FRANCIS POULENC

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Trio (1924-25) for oboe, bassoon, and piano played by Horace Halstead (oboe), Gilbert Vinter (bassoon), Phyllis Sellick
(piano)
Francis Poulenc , who is now forty-one, is one of the most distinguished of modern French composers. In those chaotic days immediately following the end of the last war Poulenc made a name for himself as a ' futurist ' composer. He was a member of that famous band of young French modernists known as ' Les Six '.

Contributors

Oboe:
Horace Halstead
Oboe:
Gilbert Vinter
Bassoon:
Phyllis Sellick
Piano:
Francis Poulenc

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