Gustave Samazeuilh

Gustave Marie Victor Fernand Samazeuilh (2 June 1877 – 4 August 1967) was a French composer and writer on music.

He produced many piano transcriptions of orchestral works, and also wrote musical biography.

He studied music privately with Ernest Chausson who in 1897 introduced him to Paul Dukas.

[1] He trained with Chausson until the latter's death in 1899, and then attended the Schola Cantorum de Paris, where he was a student of Dukas and Vincent d'Indy.

His output was marked more by "fine craftsmanship" (to quote Slonimsky) than by quantity or commercial success.