Patrice Contamine de Latour

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.

Born

José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine

(1867-03-17)17 March 1867

Tarragona, Spain

Died24 May 1926(1926-05-24) (aged 59)

Paris, France

OccupationPoet

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Patrice Contamine de Latour
De Latour, from La presse française au vingtième siècle, in 1901
Born	José Maria Vicente Ferrer Francisco de Paola Patricio Manuel Contamine (1867-03-17)17 March 1867 Tarragona, Spain
Died	24 May 1926(1926-05-24) (aged 59) Paris, France
Occupation	Poet

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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]}