Artus Aux-Cousteaux

Artus Aux-Cousteaux (Hautcousteaux, Haultcousteau, Arthur d'Auxcousteaux; c. 1590-1656) was a French singer and composer, active in Picardy and Paris.

He was a singer in the church of Noyon, of which fact there is a record in the library of Amiens.

According to the preface to Antoine Godeau's 1656 psalter published by Pierre Le Petit [fr], he was a haute-contre in the chapel of Louis XIII.

He left many masses and chansons, all printed by Pierre I Ballard [fr] of Paris.

His style is remarkably in advance of his contemporaries, and François-Joseph Fétis believes him to have studied the Italian masters.