20th-century French male musicians

Marcel Just Théodore Marie Couraud (20 October 1912 in Limoges – 14 September 1986 in Loches) was a French orchestral and choral conductor and organist.

Michel Colombier (23 May 1939 – 14 November 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor.

Michel Léon Chapuis (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ʃapɥi]) (15 January 1930 – 12 November 2017) was a French classical organist and pedagogue. He was especially known as an interpreter of the French and the German Baroque masters and dedicated to historically informed performances.

Jacques Castérède (10 April 1926 – 6 April 2014) was a French composer and pianist.

Roger Jean Boutry (27 February 1932 – 7 September 2019) was a French composer and conductor.

Frédéric Botton (5 August 1936 – 27 June 2008) was a French lyricist and composer.

René Didi Duprat (12 October 1926 – 8 August 1996) was a French jazz manouche guitarist.

François Rauber (19 January 1933 – 14 December 2003) was a French pianist, composer, arranger and conductor known for his works with chansonnier Jacques Brel. He served as the music director for the 1975 film Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris.
Rauber was born in Neufchâteau, Vosges and studied music at the Nancy Conservatoire and the Conservatoire de Paris.Rauber is also the composer of the Napoleonic March in the Colonel Chabert French movie by Yves Angelo.
In 1979 Rauber was awarded the Grand Prize for Light Symphonic Music. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he worked extensively with Portuguese singer-songwriter Fernando Tordo and served as arranger and conductor in some of his records. In 2003, he was awarded the Chanson Française Grand Prize.

Jacques Leguerney (19 November 1906 – 10 September 1997) was a French composer especially noted for his art songs.

Paul Pierné (30 June 1874 – 24 March 1952) was a French composer and organist.