POULENC Francis (1899-1963). MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed "Francis Poulenc", Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel, 1949); 1 title page and 13 pages in fol. in cahier , hardback cover. Unpublished orchestral score of this piece in homage to Albert Roussel. In March 1929, Francis Poulenc wrote for the piano the Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel [FP 50] for the musical supplement (entitled Hommage à Albert Roussel) of the special issue of La Revue Musicale of April 1929 devoted to the composer Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937); Maurice Delage, Arthur Honegger, Alexandre Tansman, Jacques Ibert, Conrad Beck, Arthur Hoérée and Darius Milhaud also collaborated in this homage; all these pieces were played during a concert at the Salle Gaveau in the presence of Albert Roussel on April 18, 1929. This Pièce brève was published separately in October 1929 by Alphonse Leduc. In 1949, probably at the request of Arthur Hoérée (whose name appears at the top of the title page), for a concert celebrating the eightieth anniversary of Roussel's birth, Francis Poulenc produced a version for small orchestra: small flute, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, timpani, harp, and strings. This version was not published; it was nevertheless recorded. The manuscript is written in black ink on 24-line paper; it is dated at the end "Noizay 2 Sept. 49". It has some corrections in blue pencil, some scrapings, and some annotations in

POULENC Francis (1899-1963). MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed "Francis Poulenc", Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel, 1949); 1 title page and 13 pages in fol. in cahier , hardback cover. Unpublished orchestral score of this piece in homage to Albert Roussel. In March 1929, Francis Poulenc wrote for the piano the Pièce brève sur le nom d'Albert Roussel [FP 50] for the musical supplement (entitled Hommage à Albert Roussel) of the special issue of La Revue Musicale of April 1929 devoted to the composer Albert ROUSSEL (1869-1937); Maurice Delage, Arthur Honegger, Alexandre Tansman, Jacques Ibert, Conrad Beck, Arthur Hoérée and Darius Milhaud also collaborated in this homage; all these pieces were played during a concert at the Salle Gaveau in the presence of Albert Roussel on April 18, 1929. This Pièce brève was published separately in October 1929 by Alphonse Leduc. In 1949, probably at the request of Arthur Hoérée (whose name appears at the top of the title page), for a concert celebrating the eightieth anniversary of Roussel's birth, Francis Poulenc produced a version for small orchestra: small flute, flute, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, trumpet, timpani, harp, and strings. This version was not published; it was nevertheless recorded. The manuscript is written in black ink on 24-line paper; it is dated at the end "Noizay 2 Sept. 49". It has some corrections in blue pencil, some scrapings, and some annotations in