Le drapeau blanc

Le drapeau blanc (FR) The White Flag. Poulencs' setting (1934, Huit chansons polonaises #6) for voice and piano of a translation of »Biala choragiewka,« a Polish patriotic text and melody. Words and music are by Raynold Sudochowski (1803 – 1831), who was killed in the Warsaw siege of 1831. The song is dedicated to Madame Arthur Rubinstein.