Joseph Canteloube

Born: 1879
Died: 1957
Education: Schola Cantorum in Paris
Career: editor of the Anthologie des chants populaires fran??ais (1939-1944)

French composer, pianist, and folk-song collector best known for his compositions that evoke the landscape of his native region. Cantaloube studied with Vincent dIndy from 1901; under this influence he traveled through France collecting folk songs, making arrangements of many of them for voice and instrumental accompaniment, and publishing them. Of these arrangements the most widely admired are the Chants dAuvergne (192330), scored for voice with orchestra. Although his folk-song settings have won a degree of popularity, Canteloubes original works, which include the operas Le Mas and Vercingtorix (performed at the Paris Opra in 1929 and 1933, respectively), have been neglected. He also edited the Anthologie des chants populaires franais (193944).