Aux Officiers de la Garde Blanche

Aux Officiers de la Garde Blanche (FR) To the Officers of the White Guard. Poulenc's setting (1937, Trois Poèmes #3) for voice and piano of the third poem from Fiançailles pour rire (1939) by Vilmorin. The poem's original title is »Officiers de la Garde Blanche.« It was sent to Marie-Blanche de Polignac by Vilmorin, along with Christmas greetings, in 1935. Vilmorin referred to the poem originally as »Chevaliers de la Garde Blanche« (Knights of the White Guard). The White Guard is the poetic…