One of the most brilliant French composers of the 20th Century, Joseph Canteloube was a student of the famous Vincent d'Indy. Canteloube earned a significant recognition for his works using the folk music of his native region, Auvergne. Canteloube has achieved an enormous popularity for his masterful arrangements of a Auvergnois folk-songs. He later created more arrangements of folk songs from Languedoc, Touraine and the Basque regions.