Trois mouvements perpétuels (sometimes referred to as
Mouvements perpétuels) is a short three-movement suite for solo piano by the French composer
Francis Poulenc, premiered in Paris in December 1918, when Poulenc was aged 19 and a protégé of
Erik Satie. The work is dedicated to the artist
Valentine Hugo and was first performed by Poulenc's piano teacher,
Ricardo Viñes. From January 1918 to January 1921 Poulenc was a conscript in the French army, but his duties allowed him time for composition. He wrote the
Trois mouvements perpétuels at the piano of the local elementary school at
Saint-Martin-sur-le-Pré.