Canteloube

Marie-Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 – 1957) was a French composer, musicologist, and author best known for his collections of orchestrated folksongs from the Auvergne region. Canteloube took more than thirty years (1924 to 1955) to complete the compilation of his most admired and famous collection of songs, Chants d'Auvergne. Passionate, sometimes to excess, the songs reflect the landscapes of the Auvergne in lush orchestral colors and have enabled French folklore and rustic melodies to become better known.