Le Retour du sergent

Le Retour du sergent (FR) The Return of the Sergeant. Poulenc's setting (1942, Chansons villageoises #6) for voice and orchestra (or piano) of the ninth poem in the »Chansons de la petite terre« (Songs of the Little Earth) section of A dos d'oiseau: »Chansons de la grande hune« (Bird's-Eye View, »Songs of the Great Watch Platform,« 1945) by Fombeure. The song is dedicated to André Dubois.