Fernand Ochsé
Fernand Ochsé (January 11, 1879 in Paris – August 1944 in [or on his way to] Auschwitz concentration camp, Auschwitz) was a French Jewish designer, dandy, author, composer, painter and art collector. Life Fernand Ochsé came from a family of Jewish merchants. His older brother, Julien Ochsé (1876–1936) was a Lyricist. They lived in a large villa in Neuilly-sur-Seine, where they held musical evenings often attended by Parisian celebrities. Julien Ochsé married the Belgian sculptor Louise Mayer in 1906. After the death of his brother Julien, Fernand Ochsé married his widow. Fernand Ochsé studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, Paris Conservatory, where he met Arthur Honegger (who became his protégé), Maurice Ravel and Reynaldo Hahn, with whom he remained friends. In 1918, Honegger dedicated the ballet ''Le Dit des Jeux du Monde'' to him and in 1930 the operetta ''Les Aventures du Roi Pausole''. He composed operettas and numerous songs. Ochsé worked with his br ...
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