- Tony Aubin
Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (b. December 8, 1907,
Paris - d. Paris, September 21, 1981) was a French composer.From 1925 to 1930 Aubin studied at the
Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (music theory),Noel Gallon (counterpoint),Philippe Gaubert (orchestration and composition), andPaul Dukas (composition). He was awarded thePrix de Rome for the cantata "Actaeon" in 1930. He was artistic director atParis Mondial from 1937-1944, and professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1944 to 1977. He also conducted works for French radio between 1945 and 1960. His works, heavily indebted to the impressionism ofRavel and Dukas, include a large number of film scores.Works
*"Piano Sonata", 1930
*"Quatuor à cordes", 1930/1933
*"Prélude, Récitatif et Finale" for piano, 1930/1933
*"Six poèmes de Verlaine", 1932/1933
*"Cressida", Melodrama, 1934
*"1. Sinfonie "Romantique", 1934/1936
*"Le sommeil d'Iskender", 1936
*"Cantilène variée" for cello and piano, 1937
*"La Chasse infernale (Le chevalier Pécopin)", Scherzo Symphonique, 1941/1942
*"Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans", Oratorio, 1942
*"Suite danoise", 1942/1945
*"Athalie", 1943
*"Symphony No. 2", 1944
*"François Villon", 1945
*"Fourberies", Ballet, 1950/1952
*"Variations" on a theme ofFranz Schubert , Ballet, 1953
*"Grand pas" on a theme ofJohannes Brahms , Ballet, 1953
*"Suite éolienne" for flute, clarinet, and orchestra, 1956
*"Périls", Lyrical drama, 1956/1958
*"La Source", 1960
*"Hymne à d'espérance", 1961
*"Concertinetto" for viola and piano, 1964
*"Concertinetto del amicizia" for flute and piano, 1965
*"Concertino della Brughiera" for bassoon and piano, 1966/1975
*"Divertimento del incertezza" for clarinet and piano or orchestra, 1967/ 1973
*"La jeunesse de Goya", Opera, 1968/1970
*"Concertino delle scoiattolo" for oboe, piano and strings, 1970
*"Au fil de l'eau", 1970
*"Toccatrotta", 1972
*"Hidalgoyas" for guitar, 1975Filmography
* 1941 : "
Le pavillon brûle " (Jacques de Baroncelli )
* 1942 : "À l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable " (Marcel Ichac)
* 1943 : "Les Ailes blanches "
* 1943 : "Le Corbeau " (Henri-Georges Clouzot )
* 1943 : "Sondeurs d'abîmes " (Marcel Ichac)
* 1943 : "Ceux du rivage "
* 1944 : "La Collection Ménard "
* 1952 : "Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces " (Marcel Ichac /Jean-Jacques Languepin )
* 1952 : "Victoire sur l'Annapurna " (Marcel Ichac)
* 1966 : "Illusions perdues "References
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Don Randel . "The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". Harvard, 1996, p. 31.
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