Louis Cahuzac(1880-1960) is the most famous French solo clarinetist in 20th century, who is also an outstanding composer at that time. He and his excellent music was also highly respected in French. Cahuzac, whose music fully had incredible clarinet skill and the tone of clarinet was warm and charming. Most of the composers were attracted by his music and invited Cahuzac to their premiere of the new works.

Cahuzac was fond of the challenge of difficult clarinet works. The most well-known one is the record of clarinet concerto by Carl Nielsen(1865-1931). When Cahuzac recodered this work, he was already 76 years old, however, his perfect and expressive performance was still like the best period of his music career.

In addition to the achievement of Cahuzac’s performance, his composing on clarinet music was beloved by the clarinet players. The discussion on the Cantilene in the essay was written by Cahuzac. Cantilene with smooth and expressive style is still one of the popular works for clarinet recitals.

There are three parts in the discussion. The first part includes the background of Cahuzac’s education and his music style of creation; the second part is to talk about the music style by the origin of the word “cantilene” and how the music is formed at that time. The third part is the conclusion of the analysis of the work and the composing background, and the suggestion and reference for the player.