Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (8 December 1907 – 21 September 1981) was a French composer.

Career

Aubin was born in Paris. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the

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under Samuel Rousseau (music theory), Noel Gallon (counterpoint),

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(orchestration and composition), and

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(composition). He was awarded the

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for the cantata ''Actaeon'' in 1930. He was artistic director at

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from 1937 to 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

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and Dukas, include many film scores. His pupils included

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, Garbis Aprikian,

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, Ginette Keller, Talivaldis Kenins,

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, Ron Nelson, Makoto Shinohara, and

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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 *''1er Sinfonie, "Romantique"'', 1935–1937 *''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 of

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, Ballet, 1953 *''Grand pas'' on a theme of

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, 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 violin 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, 1975 *''Passacaglia dell'addio'' for viola and piano, 1977

Filmography

* 1941 : ''

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'' (

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) * 1942 : ''

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'' (Marcel Ichac) * 1943 : '' Les Ailes blanches'' * 1943 : ''

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'' (

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) * 1943 : '' Sondeurs d'abîmes'' (Marcel Ichac) * 1943 : '' Ceux du rivage'' * 1944 : ''

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'' (1949) * 1952 : '' Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces'' (

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/ Jean-Jacques Languepin) * 1952 : '' Victoire sur l'Annapurna'' (Marcel Ichac) * 1966 : ''

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References

Sources

Don Randel Don Michael Randel (born December 9, 1940) is an American musicologist, specializing in the music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in Spain and France. He is currently the Chair of the Board of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a trustee ...

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