AN ANALYSIS OF THE GENRE, STYLE, AND INTERPRETATIVE ASPECTS OF FRANCIS POULENC'S PIANO SONATA FOR FOUR HANDS

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Composed in the 20th century, Francis Poulenc's Piano Sonata for Four Hands is a significant piece for piano duets. Its musical characteristics are represented in a unique way, as if it were an archive of its own. A piece of music where the composer paid close attention to every detail, even choreographing the posture and movement of the performers, which distinguished this piece from other piano four-hands compositions. The objective of this research is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the distinctive features of this sonata, along with the characteristics that are commonly found in piano duets prior to this composition.

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piano four-hand , Francis Poulenc , Claude Debussy , sonata

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14637/2467

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