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CARLO BOLLER Carlo Boller (1896-1952) is a Swiss composer famous mainly for his choral compositions that depict traditional life in Switzerland and in France. He was born in Menton (Southern France)from an Italian mother and a Swiss father. He started his artistic life as a precocious violonist, but his performing career was interrupted by a "violonist's cramp", a condition know today as a focal dystonia.He then attended the Paris-based Schola Cantorum under the direction of Vincent d'Indy, studying composition, but also developing a special interest for traditional songs and music. He lived in Montreux, Switzerland from the mid-thirties until his death. Among his most famous songs are "Le Vigneron" which narrates the ascnesion of a humble winegrower as he climbs the steep vineyard terrain surronding parts of the Lac Léman and "A Moléson" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW5Zcicp7f0 which depicts a mountain in Canton of Fribourg.