Main dominée par le coeur

Main dominée par le coeur (FR) Hand Ruled by the Heart. Poulenc's setting (1946/47) for voice and piano of the final poem by Eluard from Poésie et vérité (Poetry and Truth, 1942). The poem was first published in the revue Confluences in October 1942. The poem's original title is »La Main le coeur le lion l'oiseau« (Hand Heart Lion Bird). Eluard had proposed »La Gamme« (The Scale, or The Gamut) as a possible title, but Poulenc thought it too mysterious for the public. Poulenc writes: » I…