8 Nocturnes . Piano Solo.

Nocturnes is a set of 8 pieces for piano by Francis Poulenc. Composed between 1929 and 1938 for intermediate players, this set was composed as a cycle and represents night scenes of different events. They can be differentiatedfrom most of the other nocturnes as they are not romantic tone-poems. Nocturnes's eight pieces are: - 1st Nocturne (C Major) - 2nd Nocturne - Young girl's ball / Bal de jeunes filles (A Major) - 3rd Nocturne 'Maines' bells /Les Cloches de Maines (F Major) - 4th Nocturne - Ghost's Ball / Bal fantome (C minor) - 5th Nocturne - Moths / Phalenes (B minor) - 6th Nocturne (G major) - 7th Nocturne (Cb major) - 8th Nocturne (For Coda) Francis Poulenc isFrench compositor and pianist. He also produced Piano and Chamber pieces, Operas ('Dialogues des Carmélites'), ballets ('Les Biches') as well as some Orchestra works.