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Jean Roger-Ducasse
Jean Jules Amable Roger-Ducasse (Bordeaux, 18 April 1873—Taillan-Médoc (Gironde) 19 July 1954) was a French composer, the star pupil and close friend of Gabriel Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire,He also studied there with Emile Pessard and André Gedalge. where he succeeded Fauré as professor of composition; in 1935 he succeeded Paul Dukas as professor of orchestration.
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