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Le gendarme incompris
The misunderstood Gendarme
Written byJean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet
Date premiered24 May 1921
Place premieredThéâtre Michel (Paris)
Original languageFrench
GenreComédie bouffe

Le Gendarme incompris (The misunderstood Gendarme) is a one-act play written in 1920 by Jean Cocteau and Raymond Radiguet and set to music by Francis Poulenc, his FP 20a.

The play features three characters: Commissaire Médor[a] played by Pierre Bertin), a gendarme named the Penultimate whose replicas are from a poem in the DivagationsbyStéphane Mallarmé, and an old lady, the Marquise de Montonson.[1]

It was played publicly only once, on 24 May 1921, in addition to the dress rehearsal the day before. Two more performances were scheduled for 25 and 26 May.[2]

Suite

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Poulenc derived a suite for orchestra drawn from the incidental music, which was first performed in London on 11 July 1921, conducted by Ernest Ansermet).

The work comprises 3 movements for double bass, cello, violin, clarinet, trumpet and trombone:

The duration is about 6:35 minutes

Notes

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  1. ^ common name for a dog in French

References

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  1. ^ Hervé Lacombe (2013). Francis Poulenc. Paris: Fayard. p. 1888. OCLC 828409020. 1bMPswLwba0C.
  • ^ Duchesnau, Michel; de Médicis, François; Caron, Sylvain (2006). Musique et modernité en France, 1900-1945. Montréal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal. p. 101. OCLC 123960160. 49zu4F0IOC0C.
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  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Gendarme_incompris&oldid=1215631490"

    Categories: 
    Plays by Jean Cocteau
    1920 plays
    Compositions by Francis Poulenc
    Raymond Radiguet
     



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