Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alexis Roland-Manuel was a French composer and critic, though he is remembered mainly for his work in the latter area. He was born Roland Alexis Manuel Lévy in Paris, to a family of Belgian and Jewish origins. He studied composition under Vincent d'Indy and Albert Roussel. As a young man he befriended composer Erik Satie, who helped him to make numerous influential connections. In 1911, Satie introduced Roland-Manuel to Maurice Ravel, whose pupil, friend and biographer he soon became.