Patrice Coirault (26 September 1875 - 15 January 1959) was a French ethnomusicology.
Coirault was educated at the Lycée de Niort and the Lycée Michelet near Paris. He graduated from the University of Paris, where he earned a two-year degree.
Coirault began researching traditional songs in the countrysides of Poitou and Béarn in 1898, under the mentorship of Charles Seignobos. By 1927, he authored his first book Recherches sur notre ancienne chanson populaire traditionnelle. He went on to publish several more books about French regional ethnomusicologist.
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