[2] He was involved in the creation of the "Société des grands concerts" in 1905, with the composer Georges Martin Witkowski and the construction of the Salle Rameau [fr] in 1908.
In 1925, he founded the "Conférences de musique vivante" in Paris and taught courses at the Sorbonne from 1928 to 1930.
[2] From 1929 to 1935, he lectured worldwide for the Alliance Française, which led him to be made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 1934.
He was elected president of the Société française de musicologie in 1937, until 1943[3] and a member of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Arts of Lyon in 1947.
He married pianist and singer Paule de Lestang[4] in 1936, and then resided until his death at 286 rue Vendôme, in Lyon.