Jean Marie Octave Géraud Poueigh (24 February 1876 in Toulouse – 14 October 1958 in Olivet) was a French composer,

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, music critic, and folklorist. He wrote music criticism under the pseudonym Octave Séré. Poueigh is known for suing fellow French composer Erik Satie over an insulting postcard.

Biography

A student at the Schola Cantorum of Paris, Jean Poeigh is the author of works of chamber music, vocal or instrumental, a sonata for violin ..., lyrical works: ''Perkain'', opera based on a Basque legend by Pierre Harispe, libretto

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, presented at the

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opera 16 January 1931, sets and costumes by Ramiro Arrue), ''le Roi de Camargue'' (performed in

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21 May 1948). At the same time, he wrote much as a musical critic in the ''Ère nouvelle''. After the performance of the ballet '' Parade'' (1917), he wrote a virulent criticism and Érik Satie sent him some incendiary letters, the most famous being thus written: "Monsieur and dear friend, you are only an arse, worse, an arse without music". This being sent on a postcard without envelope, so likely to have been ''read by the concierge'', Satie fell short of a one-year sentence for public defamation. At the trial

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was arrested and beaten by police for repeatedly yelling "arse" in the courtroom. Satie was given a sentence of eight days in jail. Satie was forced to pay a fine but on appeal his prison sentence was suspended and ultimately vacated. See Volta, "Satie Seen Through His Letters", Pouegh was interested in traditional music, collecting songs from the Basque Country and

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and beyond, and all the folklore of these regions on which his works are still authoritative.

Musical works

*''Pointes sèches'' *''Nocturnes'' *''Les lointains'' (1903) *''Suite Fünn'' *''Marche triomphale'' *''Rhapsodie des Pyrénées'' (1925) *''Suite montagnarde'' (1926) *''Le Meneur de Loups'' (1921), opera *''Perkain'' (1932) opera *' (film 1942) *''Le Roi de Camargue'' (1948), opera *''Bois-Brûlé'' (1956) opera *''Frivolant'' (1922), ballet

Literary works

*1921: ''Musiciens français d'aujourd'hui'' (under the pseudonym Octave Séré), Paris,

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*1926: ''Chansons populaires des Pyrénées françaises'', ''traditions, mœurs, usages'', Paris *1951: ''Chants de Béarn et de Gascogne'', in collaboration with Simin Palay *1952: ''Le folklore des pays d’oc : la tradition occitane'',''Le folklore des pays d’oc : la tradition occitane''
/ref> Paris, Payot *1954: ''De la musique chez les Basques : leurs chants et leurs danses populaires'', VIIIe Congrès d'études basques, Bayonne, Ustaritz

References

External links

Jean Poueigh : Air à Danser
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Musiciens français d'aujourd'hui; notices biographiques, suivies d'un essai de bibliographie et accompagnées d'un autographe musical
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