Composer, born in Paris. He studied in Paris, won the Prix de Rome in 1919, and became director of the French Academy in Rome (1937--55) and of the Opéra-Comique in Paris. His works include seven operas, ballets, cantatas, and chamber music, the orchestral Divertissement (1930), based upon his incidental music for Labiche's play, The Italian Straw Hat, and the Escales (1922) suite.