- Louis Aubert
Louis François Marie Aubert (born
Paramé (Ille-et-Vilaine ),19 February ,1877 , - diedParis ,9 January ,1968 ) was a French composer.Biography
Louis Aubert was a
child prodigy . His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to receive an education at an early age. He became recognized for his voice, primarily for his renditions of the "Pie Jesu" fromGabriel Fauré 's Requiem at theÉglise de la Madeleine . The young Aubert met Fauré at the Paris Conservatoire, and he regularly attended at his composition classes, which greatly influenced his development.Aubert became an excellent pianist, and in fact,
Maurice Ravel wrote for and dedicated his "Valses nobles et sentimentales" to him.He composed music for the church, several
ballets ,mélodie s, and incidental music for the stage. Although Breton by birth, he was little inspired by his home region. Aubert wrote popular songs, notably forMarie Dubas . He also was a contributing journalist to the magazines "Chantecler", "Paris-soir", "Le journal" and "Opéra".Aubert wrote one
opera in three acts based on classic fairy tales byCharles Perrault to a libretto by J. Chenevière entitled "Le fôret bleu" ("The Blue Forest"). The work was composed in 1904 to 1911 and individual acts were performed while the work was in progress. The first complete staged performance appeared inGeneva on 7 January 1913. The enchanting characters and delightful plot enabled the work to achieve popular success in other theaters, includingBoston . The work did not appear in Paris until 1924, where it was staged at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart).Aubert died in near-oblivion in Paris at age 90.
Publications
* "L'Orchestre", Paris, PUF, 1951.
* "Notice sur la vie et les travaux deGustave Charpentier ," Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1956.Bibliography
*Sadie, Stanley (Ed.) [1992] (1994). The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, vol. 1, A-D, chpt: "Aubert, Louis(-François-Marie)" by Richard Langham Smith, New York: MacMillan. ISBN 0-935859-92-6.
*Louis Vuillemin , "L. Aubert et son œuvre", Paris, Durand, 1921.
* R. Bernard, « L. Aubert » in "La revue musicale", VIII", 1927.
* Article dans le mensuel "La Bretagne à Paris", June 1956.
*Citation
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place = Paris
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* H. Corbes, « Louis Aubert compositeur malouin » in "Bulletin de la société d'histoire et d'archéologie deSaint-Malo ", 1981.
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