Patrice Contamine de Latour | |
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Born | José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine 17 March 1867 Tarragona, Spain |
Died | 24 May 1926 Paris, France | (aged 59)
Occupation | Poet |
Patrice Contamine de Latour (17 March 1867 – 24 May 1926), [1] born in Tarragona as José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine and published as J. P. Contamine de Latour, [2] was a Spanish poet who lived in Paris.
He was a friend of composer Erik Satie, whose famous piano suites Sarabandes (1887) and Gymnopédies (1888) were inspired by his poetry. Satie wrote a short comic opera, Geneviève de Brabant, with text by de Latour written under the pseudonym "Lord Cheminot", [2] and also composed the piano piece Le poisson rêveur (The Dreamy Fish) to accompany a lost tale by de Latour. [3] [4] Satie's Petit prélude de 'La Mort de Monsieur Mouche' was written as an introduction to a play by Latour [5] and Satie's unfinished tone poem Le Bœuf Angora was based on Latour's works. [6]
Latour died in Paris.[ citation needed]