La Souris

La Souris (FR) The Mouse. Poulenc's setting (1956) for voice and piano of the 11th poem from Le Bestiaire (1911) by Apollinaire. The song was written for the 80th birthday of Marya Freund. Poulenc writes: »Dear Marya Freund / your heart will always be twenty-eight years old! / Alas, the musician of Le Bestiaire / is a lot older than twenty-eight! / with all my tender admiration.«