Suite française (Poulenc)

*Suite française*
French Suite
Suite française; French Suite
Orchestral suite by Francis Poulenc
Catalogue	FP 80
Composed	1935
Movements	7
Scoring	2 oboes, 2 bassoons; 2 trumpets, 3 trombones; snare drum, bass drum, cymbals; harpsichord;

Suite française (French Suite), FP 80, is an orchestral suite for wind instruments, percussion and harpsichord (or harp ad libitum) by Francis Poulenc. It was composed in a neoclassical style in 1935 for Édouard Bourdet's la Reine Margot, and it was inspired by Claude Gervaise's dance collection Le livre de danceries.