P.-C. de La Gelière

P.-C. de La Gelière is known for Recueil de chansons en patois de la Bresse, a 19th-century collection centered on the language and folk culture of Bresse. The surviving catalog and ebook records available online consistently connect the book with regional songs, Bressan dialect, and an effort to preserve local customs.

Because reliable biographical information about the author is scarce in the sources I could confirm, it is safest to view him primarily through this work. The collection presents songs from the Bresse region in patois, often alongside French, suggesting a writer interested in keeping oral tradition understandable and alive for later readers.

That makes de La Gelière an appealing figure for listeners drawn to regional literature and cultural memory. Even with few personal details available today, his book still carries the voices, wit, and atmosphere of a particular place.