Louis Aubert (1877-1968)

A French conductor, pianist, singer, critic and a composer. His Real name is Louis François Marie Aubert. He was born in Paramé, in Ille-et-Vilaine prefecture on 9th February, 1877. He received the initial training from his father in his childhood life. Then he moved to Paris and got into the church chorus group of St.Madeleine Church in Paris. He also entered Paris Conservatory and studied piano with Louis Diémer, harmony with Albert Lavignac, accompaniment with Paul Vidal and composing with Gabriel Fauré. He raised his fame with his compositions for stage works or cinema music. Also, he was a talented vocalist and pianist. His compositional diction inherited his masters, such as Franck, Fauré or Chausson with flavor of Ravel. Later he was appointed as a faculty of paris Conservatory and be chosen the head of the institute as the successor of Florent Schmitt, in 1956. Also he was chosen a member of the Academy of Beaux-Arts. He died in Paris, on 9th January, 1968

Offrande

01. Offrande

Cinema, six tableaux symphoniques

02. Douglas Fairbanks et Mary Pickford
03. Rudolph Valentino
04. Chaplin et les Nymphes Hollywoodiennes
05. Walt Disney
06. Charlie amoureux
07. Valse Finale

Dryade, tableau symphonique

08. Dryade, tableau symphoniques

Feuille d'Images, cinq pieces enfantines

09. Confidence
10. Chanson de route
11. Serenade
12. Des pays lointains...
13. Danse de l'ours pelche

Tombeau de Chateaubriand

14. Tombeau de Chateaubriand


Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, дирижер

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This is currently the only available disc full of Aubert's works (at least, as orchestral works). His compositional diction is light and familiar, such that Rousel-like stir rhythms and light French esprit (which will be changed obtrusive one later by Milhaud or Ibert). Also you can easily find some impressionistic idiom in harmonic content such as 'cinema' (this resembles 'Daphnis et Chloe' in some sense). Basically, his orchestral compositions can be described that they stand for latter romantic idiom. You can point out many common in other reminiscential modernists such as Roger-Ducasse or Henri Rabaud. The title 'symphonic picture' also provides another evidence to tell this composer's musical favor. Yes, this genre was Massenet's home ground. He had large connection to fairly rhythmical, fairly exoteric, and comprehensive modernism.

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Здесь, среди прочего, посвящение Луи Обера Габриэлю Форе:

http://intoclassics.net/news/2012-06-01-28473
Посвящения Гайдну, Дебюсси, Форе, Русселю, Дюка, Равелю / Hommages a Haydn, Debussy, Faure, Roussel, Dukas, Ravel