Pouteau

Pouteau (1740, Chaulme; ?), composer, went from Brie to Paris at age four to study music. His Uncle Forqueray was one of the leading organists of the time, and he taught his nephew organ, while Bordier gave him lessons in composition. He was assigned to the post of organist at St. Jacques de la Boucherie at age 15 and later held the same position at Saint-Martin-des Champs and Saint-Severin. He was still playing the organ at age 70 for the parish of Saint-Méry in 1810. He wrote the score for…