Chanson bretonne

Chanson bretonne (FR) Breton Folksong. Poulenc's setting (1931, Cinq Poèmes de Max Jacob #1) for voice and piano of the seventh poem from Poèmes de Morven le Gaëlique (1953, posth.), originally titled »Chanson« by Jacob. Poulenc writes that it describes »the central market-plaza in Guidel, Brittany, on a summer morning. A peasant girl recounts simply her misfortunes. The last page becomes suddenly poetic and unreal. Birds sing beside the road.« The song is dedicated to Marie Blanche (de…