La grenouillère

La grenouillère (FR) The Froggery. Poulenc's setting (1938) for voice and piano of a poem by Apollinaire. The poem, written in 1904, was first published in Vers et Prose in 1913, later in Il y a (There Is, 1925, posth.). In 1904, Apollinaire's mother had moved to Le Vésinet, a Parisian suburb on the Seine, giving Apollinaire the chance to get to know nearby Chatou and Bougival, where he met painters Derain (1880–1954) and Vlaminck (1876–1958). La Grenouillère was the name of a recreational spot…