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Babar le petit éléphant, Histoire de

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Babar le petit éléphant, Histoire de (Story of Babar the little elephant). Narration for v. and pf. by Poulenc to text by Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937). Comp. 1940–5. Version with orch. by Françaix, 1962.

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