Chanson de l'oranger sec

Chanson de l'oranger sec (FR) Song of the Dried-Up Orange Tree. Poulenc's setting (1947, Trois Chansons de F. Garcia-Lorca #3) for voice and piano of a translation of »Cancion del naranjo seco,« the ninth poem from »Canciones para terminar« (Ending Songs), the 11th (final) section of Canciones (Songs, 1921 / 24)by Lorca The poem was written in the summer of 1923, dedicated to the actress Carmen Morales. It reprises themes of sterility found in Lorca's suite »In the garden of the lunar…