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Poemes de Jean Moreas pour voix et piano (Poems of Jean Moreas for voice and piano) by Jacques
Leguerney were composed in 1943. Their first public performance was by French soprano Ginette
Guillamat and pianist Therese Cochet at the Salle Chopin-Pleyel in Paris on 22 February 1944. This
performance also included Leguerney´s Dix Poemes de Paul-Jean Toulet (Ten Poems of Paul-Jean
Toulet ). In 1956, Guillamat also sang Leguerney´s song, Je me lamente, for a radio program on Paris-
Inter, accompanied by the pianist Monique Matagne.

Therese Cochet was the wife of the famous violinist, Pierre Doukan. Ginette Guillamat, (b. 1911) is, at
the present time, one of the oldest living French citizens! She was the daughter of thefamous bassbaritone,
Paul Guillamat and received prizes at theParis Conservatory in both piano and voice. She
studied singing with Paul Lherie, the creator of the role of Don Jose in Bizet´s Carmen. Guillamat had
a distinguished concert and operatic career throughout Europe. Her most famous roles included Micaela
in Carmen and Melisande in Debussy´s Pelleas et Melisande. At the close of her long career, Ginette
Guillamat taught singing at theConservatoire de Neuilly (near Paris) and, as late as 1993, she continued
to teach at her home in Paris.

For this edition of the Poemes de Jean Moreas, all items in brackets are editorial suggestions, and all of
the phrasing marks have been added by the editor. The cross-staffing found in the autograph manuscript
has been modified for ease of reading. Accidentals that Leguerney repeated in the same measure have
been eliminated.