Jouer du bugle
Jouer du bugle (FR) TO Play the Flügelhorn. Poulenc's setting (1954, Parisiana #1) for voice and piano of a poem by Jacob from Le laboratoire central (The Principal Laboratory, 1921). Jacob's original has, in line 8, the word »aldutérin« [sic], which has been tacitly corrected to »adultérin« in the published Poulenc song. Is it a typo, or a mockery of public speakers who transpose consonants? It has remained uncorrected in over 80 years' worth of printed poetic editions. The song is dedicated…