Émile Desportes (1878, Pont l'Evêque[citation needed], France – 1944, Méricourt)[1] was a French composer and conductor.
[2] He was the father of composer Yvonne Desportes (1907–93).
Desportes was originally a lawyer at Caen, then professor of music and conductor.
[3] He studied composition with Paul Dukas, but soon became more interested in other activities.
[citation needed] Most of his compositions were written for wind instruments, but he also wrote songs,[4] and his best known piece is Pastorale joyeuse for flute and guitar.