Cecile Paul Simon
Cecile Paul Simon was a French composer who published under male pseudonyms and was the mother of composer Claude Arrieu.
Simon was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a daughter of the philanthropist Clarisse Simon. She studied music with Théodore Dubois, Paul Vidal, and Charles Tournemire. She married Paul Simon and their daughter Louise Marie was born in 1903. Simon wrote songs, chamber music, orchestral works, film music, and several operas. Simon published as early as at seventeen, under the names C.P., C. Navil, and other male pseudonyms, such as Guy Portal or Jean Rovens.
Some of Simon's compositions were published by Durdilly and Rouart.