Louis François MarieAubert (19 February 1877 – 9 January 1968) was a French composer.
Born inParamé,Ille-et-Vilaine, Aubert was achild prodigy. His parents, recognizing their son's musical talent, sent him to Paris to receive an education at an early age. He became recognised for his voice, primarily for his renditions of thePie Jesu fromGabriel Fauré'sRequiem at theÉglise de la Madeleine. The young Aubert met Fauré at theParis Conservatoire, and he regularly attended at his composition classes, which greatly influenced his development.
Aubert became an excellent pianist. In 1911, he premieredMaurice Ravel'sValses nobles et sentimentales, which were written for and dedicated to him. He also worked as a piano and composition teacher, both privately and on the faculty of theConservatoire de Paris. He counted among his studentsHenry Barraud,Jean-Marie Beaudet,Jean Berger, Marinus Flipse, andGeorges Savaria.
He composed music for the church, severalballets,mélodies, and incidental music for the stage. AlthoughBreton by birth at a time of intenseBreton nationalism, he was little inspired by his home region, although he was a founding member in 1912 of theAssociation des Compositeurs Breton. Aubert wrote popular songs, notably forMarie Dubas. He also contributed to the magazinesChantecler,Paris-soir,Le Journal andOpéra.
Aubert wrote oneopera in three acts based on classic fairy tales byCharles Perrault to a libretto by J. Chenevière, entitledLa fôret bleue ("The Blue Forest"). The work was composed between 1904 and 1911, and individual acts were performed while the work was in progress. The first complete staged performance took place inGeneva on 7 January 1913. The enchanting characters and delightful plot enabled the work to achieve popular success in other theaters, includingBoston later the same year. The work did not appear in Paris until 1924, where it was staged at theOpéra-Comique (Salle Favart). The opera was recorded for French radio in 1954, conducted byEugène Bigot, with Raymond Malvasio,Martha Angelici, Claudine Collart,Jacqueline Brumaire,Louis Noguéra and Lucien Lovano in the cast.[1]
Aubert died in Paris at age 90.
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