Le bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée, FP 15a

Le bestiaire, ou Cortège d'Orphée (in English, The Book of Beasts, or the Procession of Orpheus), FP 15a, is a song cycle for voice and instrumental ensemble by French composer Francis Poulenc, after Guillaume Apollinaire's Le Bestiaire ou Cortège d'Orphée. Written in 1918 and 1919, it initially consisted of twelve songs, even though it was reduced to six before it was premiered and published.