Émile Pierre Ratez (also René Emile Ratez; 5 November 1851– 19 May 1934) was a French composer, administrator, and violist. Life Ratez was born in Besançon and became a pupil of Pierre De Mol at the music school there and later a pupil of Bazin and of Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris in the 1870s. In 1891, he became the director of the Lille branch of the Paris Conservatory. Ratez died in Lille on 19 May 1934. Music His compositions include some chamber music: at least three piano trios, a piano quintet, a cello sonata, at least two violin sonatas, a string trio, for example), a suite for violin and piano, two operas Lydéric (premiered 1895, Lille) and Paula (premiered 1904, Besançon) and many songs and other choral and piano works (&c...) His six Pièces charactéristiques have been republished by Billaudot. Discography 2016: Acte Préalable AP 0358 – Émile Pierre Ratez - Exhibition 1 2016: Acte Préalable AP 0366 – Émile Pierre Ratez - Exhibition 2 References External links 1851 births 1934 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century French male musicians Conservatoire de Paris alumni French ballet composers French classical violists French male classical composers French Romantic composers Musicians from Besançon 20th-century violists