Huit Chansons Polonaises

Huit Chansons Polonaises (FR) spelling of Polish, Osiem piesni polskich (Eight Polish Songs). Poulenc's settings (1934) for voice and piano of eight Polish patriotic songs from the time of the insurrection of 1831 against Russian, German, and Austrian invasion and captivity. Poulenc composed the accompaniments. Poulenc writes: » ›Le Lac‹ is the most successful, most personal. The others are a little conventional but pretty enough as piano writing. After all, what else ought one do but…