Le Garçon de Liège

Le Garçon de Liège (FR LITERAL) The Boy From Liège (or: The Fickle Boy). Poulenc's setting (1937, Trois Poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin #1) for voice and piano of the sixth poem from Fiançailles pour rire (Humorous Engagements, 1939) by Vilmorin. Poulenc did not set the third verse of the original poem, and Vilmorin did not include it in the published version. Liège, a city in Belgium, is the capital of the province of Liège. In French, liège also means »cork,« the very light bark of the cork…