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The Polignac Salon

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The Princess Edmond de Polignac (1865-1943) was the daughter of the founder of the Singer sewing-machine empire, and devoted her share of the Singer fortune to the promotion of the arts, principally music. She organised regular concerts at her houses in Paris and Venice, and among those whom she encouraged were Ravel, Stravinsky, Manuel de Falla, Poulenc and Kurt Weill. This ten-part series Includes many of the works commissioned by the Princess, and some of the other music associated with her salon. This first programme includes two pieces by Emmanuel Chabrier , and Faurg's first great song-cycle, Cinq Melodies de Venise, sung by GÉRARD SOUZAY.
Written and narrated by Piers Burton-Page : records

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Emmanuel Chabrier
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Rard Souzay.
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Piers Burton-Page
Source: Radio Times

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