This sonata is the third work of chamber music of the composer after the sonata for two clarinets and the sonata for piano, 4 hands (FP 8). It was written between August and October 1922 at the same time as the Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone (FP 33).[M 1] It was premiered by the clarinettist Louis Cahuzac at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris on 4 January 1923 at a Satie-Poulenc concert organized by Jean Wiener.

Original Name Sonate pour clarinette et basson
Date of composition 1922 (revised in 1945)
Premiered 1923, January 4th (Théâtre des Champs-Élysées) in Paris, France
First published 1924
Dedicated to Madame Audrey Parr
Type Sonata
Tonality D Major
Catalogue FP 32a
Approx. duration 8 minutes
Instruments Clarinet
Bassoon
Arrangements Francis Poulenc: Sonata, FP 32b
Links
Autotranslations beta Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon en ré majeur, FP 32a
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon in re maggiore, FP 32a
Francis Poulenc: Sonata for clarinet and bassoon D-dur, FP 32a