Arthur Pougin

Arthur Pougin was a French musical and dramatic critic and writer. He was born at Châteauroux and studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris under Jean-Delphin Alard and Napoléon Henri Reber. In 1855 he became conductor at the, and afterward leader at Philippe Musard's concerts, subconductor at the Folies-Nouvelles, and from 1860 to 1863 he was first violin at the Opéra-Comique. He was in turn feuilleton writer to Le Soir, La Tribune, L'Événement and Le Journal Officiel, besides being a frequent contributor to all the important French musical periodicals. His work in connection with François-Joseph Fétis's Biographie universelle, for which he prepared a supplement, has, however, been found to be lacking in thoroughness. He edited the new edition of Clément and Larousse's Dictionnaire lyrique.
Pougin died in Paris at age 87.