Le Travail du peintre

Le Travail du peintre (FR) The Painter's Work. Poulenc's settings (1956) of seven poems by Eluard from Voir (To See, 1948, with illustrations by the painters rendered homage). Poulenc desired to »paint musically.« There are many musical references to Poulenc's recently completed opera Dialogues des Carmelites. He had hoped that Eluard would write him a poem about Henri Matisse (1869 – 1954), but Eluard did not share Poulenc's enthusiasm for the artist. The seven song titles (painter's names)…