Émile Pierre Ratez

Émile Pierre Ratez (also René Emile Ratez; 5 November 1851– 19 May 1934) was a French composer, administrator, and violist.

Ratez was born in Besançon and became a pupil of Pierre De Mol at the music school there^[1] and later a pupil of Bazin and of Jules Massenet at the Conservatoire de Paris in the 1870s.^[1] In 1891, he became the director of the Lille branch of the Paris Conservatory.^[1]

Ratez died in Lille on 19 May 1934.^[2]

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),^[3] a suite for violin and piano,^[4] two operas Lydéric (premiered 1895, Lille) and Paula (premiered 1904, Besançon)^[5][6] and many songs and other choral and piano works (&c...)^[7] His six Pièces charactéristiques have been republished by Billaudot.^[8]

• 2016: Acte Préalable AP 0358 – Émile Pierre Ratez - Exhibition 1 ^[9]
• 2016: Acte Préalable AP 0366 – Émile Pierre Ratez - Exhibition 2 ^[10]

• Works by or about Émile Pierre Ratez at the Internet Archive
• Free scores by Émile Pierre Ratez at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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