Paul Berthier

Paul Berthier (1884–1953) was the co-founder of Manecanterie des Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois in 1906. He wrote a doctoral thesis on the legal protection of composers which has long been authoritative and an essay on Jean-Philippe Rameau. He was the grandfather of the singer France Gall, father of the composer and organist Jacques Berthier (1923–1994) and great grand-father of French producer, Raphael Hamburger.

He was the organist at Auxerre Cathedral until 1953. He composed the famous Christmas lullaby Dors ma colombe.