1917-1922 Studies harmony and composition with Francisco Antich.
Receives advice from Enrique Gomá and Eduardo López Chavarri.
 
1922

First compositions.

 
1924 Juglares, his first orchestral work, premiered in Valencia.  
1927-1932 Moves to Paris. Studies composition at the Ecole Normale
de Musique with Paul Dukas.
 
1928 Meets Manuel de Falla in Paris. Meets the pianist Victoria Kamhi (a qualified teacher from the Paris Conservatoire, and a pupil of George Lalewicz in Vienna, and of Lazare Lévy and Ricardo Viñes in Paris).