Artus Aux-Cousteaux
Artus Aux-Cousteaux was a French singer and composer, active in Picardy and Paris.
He was born in Picardy in either Beauvais or Saint-Quentin. His family coat of arms contains a pun on his name; it is Azur à trois cousteaux, d'argent garnis d'or.
He was a singer in the church of Noyon, of which fact there is a record in the library of Amiens. Then he became Maistre de la Sainte Chapelle at Paris. According to the preface to Antoine Godeau's 1656 psalter published by, he was a haute-contre in the chapel of Louis XIII.
He left many masses and chansons, all printed by of Paris. His style is remarkably in advance of his contemporaries, and François-Joseph Fétis believes him to have studied the Italian masters.
