Canteloube

British  

/ kɑ̃tlub, ˈkæntəˌluːb /

noun

1. ( Marie ) Joseph ( French ʒozɛf). 1879–1957, French composer, best known for his Chants d'Auvergne (1923–30)

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Example Sentences

The encores included duets from Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte” and Humperdinck’s “Hänsel und Gretel” and, from Ms. Fleming, one of Canteloube’s “Chants d’Auvergne.”

From New York Times

Walton also used the 15th-century “Agincourt Carol,” a patriotic hymn to the 1415 English victory around which the play revolves, as well as a few French folk songs, borrowed from Canteloube’s “Chants d’Auvergne.”

From New York Times

His was constructed around music, especially the folk music of High Auvergne — beyond Joseph Canteloube's orchestrations to the raw originals: wheezy, droning, sorrowful, powerful.

From The Guardian

In preparation for this stage, I had dug out my old vinyl recording of Canteloube’s “Songs of the Auvergne,” performed of course by Victoria de los Angeles, just about the most beautiful vocal music I have ever heard, about an inland region where shepherds brag of their sheep and women sing to the hillsides about their lovers.

From New York Times

On the same program as the Stravinsky ballet, the Civic offered seven of Joseph Canteloube's "Songs of the Auvergne," which Julia Bentley sang with a warmly pleasing mezzo and evident feeling for their delicate charm and playful wit.

From Chicago Tribune