Paul Dukas was a French composer, critic and teacher best known for his musical works such as The Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Paul was born into an esteemed and rich Jewish French family to a banker father and a pianist mother. He became interested in music at the age of 14 and two years later, he enrolled at the Paris Conservatory to receive training in music composition. He embarked on a career as a music critic and composer in 1889 and began with composing piano pieces such as Symphony in C Major. His early career is also marked by the success of his cantata titled Velleda, which earned him a second prize at the Prix de Rome. However, it was the success of his orchestral piece The Sorcerer’s Apprentice that took over everything else Paul did during his lifetime. The piece was later immortalized by Disney’s cult classic animation film Fantasia. Paul was highly critical of his work and rejected much more of his compositions himself than he brought out in the world. During the later parts of his life, he served as a composition teacher at the Paris Conservatory.