He is, on the one hand, a composer whose serene sacred works have won him an enormous popular following in recent years.
He also wrote numerous sacred vocal works, but these are, in general, more conservative.
He also produced an oratorio, a mass, and a few other sacred works.
And to a degree they can hear sacred works in concert halls, too.
He wrote a significant number of sacred works and was especially active in the field of opera.
He began to compose sacred works at the age of 16.
Further, four more sacred works survive, of which one has not been completely preserved.
In addition to his madrigals, he also left a small body of sacred vocal works.
The following list contains only the most important sacred works, that have been sufficiently explored to date.
These sacred works from the 1950's reflect the two sides of Poulenc's nature.