Émile Desportes

{{Short description|French composer and conductor (1878–1944)}}

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Émile Desportes (1878, Pont l'Evêque{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}, France{{snd}}1944, Méricourt){{cite web |url=http://www.musimem.com/prix-rome-1930-1939.htm |title=Prix de Rome 1930-1939 |accessdate=28 May 2016}} was a French composer and conductor.Revue internationale de musique française Société internationale de musique française - 1982 "Yvonne Desportes (1) est née le 18 juillet 1907 à Cobourg (Saxe), d'un père français, originaire de Pont l'Evêque, compositeur et chef d'orchestre, et d'une mère d'origine allemande, peintre et couturière de modèles."{{check|reason=This looks plausible, but the amount of WP:HOAX material in this article makes me question it.|date=May 2016}} He was the father of composer Yvonne Desportes (1907–93).

Desportes was originally a lawyer at Caen, then professor of music and conductor.Nouvelle revue musicale Léon Vallas - 1903 "... le 29 novembre 1908, " Emile Desportes, d'abord avocat à Caen, devenu professeur de musique, chef d'orchestre et éditeur des ..."{{dubious|reason=No other evidence he was ever a lawyer.|date=May 2016}} He studied composition with Paul Dukas, but soon became more interested in other activities.{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}

Most of his compositions were written for wind instruments, but he also wrote songs,Le Fureteur breton: bulletin documentaire 1908 "Le chanteur Marius Bouteloup, poète à ses heures, a écrit les paroles de trois gracieuses mélodies d'Émile Desportes : Ariette, Noèl d'amour, Ma mie Rosette, éditées chez Roudanez"{{check|reason=This looks plausible, but the amount of WP:HOAX material in this article makes me question it.|date=May 2016}} and his best known piece is Pastorale joyeuse for flute and guitar.