Life

After studying law, Poterat began working in journalism, then launched himself into commerce. He first wrote for local revue

Revue

A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches. The revue has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932...

s, where he found his interest in song-writing. He adapted foreign-language works, and entered the film company Pathé-Marconi to write a series of film lyrics. His first great successes dated to the end of the 1930s, and were his adaptations of foreign-language songs into French (J'attendrai, to music by the Italian composer Dino Olivieri, in 1938, sung by Rina Ketty

Rina Ketty

Rina Ketty , born Rina Pichetto, was a French chanteuse.-Life:Rina Ketty was born Rina Pichetto on 1 March 1911 in Sarzana, Italy. She went to Paris in the 1930s. In 1938 and 1939, she made her breakthrough with songs like Sombreros et mantilles and J'attendrai...

 ; Sur les quais du vieux Paris, to music by the German composer Ralph Erwin, the first success of the singer Lucienne Delyle

Lucienne Delyle

Lucienne Delyle was a French singer.After the very famous song Mon amant de Saint-Jean , in 1942, Lucienne Delyle became the most popular French female singer of 1950s....

, in 1939). In 1943 he wrote Valse des regrets to Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms

Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene...

's Waltz

Waltz

The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...

 in A-flat major (number 15 in his Opus 39, Sixteen Waltzes for piano

Sixteen Waltzes for piano, four hands

Sixteen Waltzes for Piano, four hands, Op. 39 is a set of 16 short waltzes for piano four hands written by Johannes Brahms. They were composed in 1865, and published two years later, dedicated to Eduard Hanslick. These waltzes were also arranged for piano solo by the composer, in two different...

), which became a great success for Georges Guétary

Georges Guétary

Georges Guétary, born Lambros Worloou was a French singer, dancer, cabaret performer and film actor, best known his role in the 1951 musical An American in Paris.-Early life and career:...

. At the end of the 1940s he frequently collaborated with Henri Bourtayre, notably for the operetta "Miss Cow-Boy".

Source

• This page is a translation of its French counterpart.