After her husband's death, Winnaretta Singer-Polignac used her fortune to benefit the arts, sciences, and letters. She decided to honor his memory by commissioning several works of the young composers of her time, amongst others Igor Stravinsky's "Renard", Erik Satie's "Socrate" (by her intercession Satie was kept out of jail when he was composing this work), Darius Milhaud's "Les Malheurs d'Orphée", Francis Poulenc's Concerto for Two Pianos and Organ Concerto, Jean Françaix's "Le Diable boîteux" and "Sérénade pour douze instruments", Kurt Weill's Second Symphony, and Germaine Tailleferre's First Piano Concerto. Manuel de Falla's "El retablo de maese Pedro" was premiered there, with the harpsichord part performed by Wanda Landowska.