Hocquet, (Alfred-)Vital-(Narcisse)

Hocquet, (Alfred-)Vital-(Narcisse)Hocquet, (Alfred-)Vital-(Narcisse)(Alfred-)Vital-(Narcisse) Hocquet (B * ARRAS, 1865 – D † ASNIÈRES, 1931) An architect, plumber, and music-lover, who became Debussy's friend in the days when Debussy played the piano at the Chat Noir nightclub in Montmartre. He affected the pseudonym of Narcisse Lebeau. He was a casual student of humorist Alphonse Allais (1854–1905), placing him the category of literary »fantaisiste,« a name taken from popular entertainment. A…