Poèmes de Ronsard

Poèmes de Ronsard (FR) Poems by Ronsard. Poulenc's settings (1924 / 25, orch. 1934) for mezzo-soprano and piano of five poems by Ronsard. Poulenc writes to André Schaeffner, who sent the poems to him having just published a selection in a new edition: »If my songs are good, which I hope, because I made them with great care, you are pardoned, but otherwise, how to punish you?« Poulenc envisioned them for a concert mezzo-soprano voice like Marya Freund's or Claire Croiza's. The individual song…