The famous French baritone, Pierre Bernac, who performed with Poulenc himself at the piano, called ‘Hôtel’ from Banalités the laziest song ever written : [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Banalités is a collection of five poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, set to music by Francis Poulenc. Poulenc was a meticulous composer who remained intrinsically faithful to [...]
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