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Philippe Gaubert (5 July 1879 – 8 July 1941) was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the
Brief biographical sketch
of Philippe Gaubert on the
Société des concerts du Conservatoire
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1879 births 1941 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male musicians 20th-century classical composers 20th-century French composers 20th-century French conductors (music) 20th-century French male musicians Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Conservatoire de Paris faculty French ballet composers French classical composers French classical flautists French male classical composers French male conductors (music) People from Cahors Prix de Rome for composition Occitan musicians 20th-century flautists {{France-composer-stub
Philippe Gaubert (5 July 1879 – 8 July 1941) was a French musician who was a distinguished performer on the flute
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, a respected conductor, and a composer
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, primarily for the flute.
Biography
Gaubert – commonly referred to as Gauberto – was born inCahors
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. He became one of the most prominent French musicians between the two World Wars. After a prominent career as a flautist with the Paris Opéra, he was appointed in 1919, at the age of forty, to three positions that placed him at the very centre of French musical life:
* Professor of flute in the Conservatoire de Paris
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(teacher of Marcel Moyse)
* Principal conductor of the Paris Opéra
* Principal conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
In 1907, he participated in the first performance of Maurice Ravel's ''Introduction and Allegro'' for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet. Among his recordings as conductor, one that he made of César Franck's Symphony in D minor (with the Conservatoire forces) is particularly notable.
Gaubert's compositions are not especially innovative, but his work benefited from the examples of Franck, Ravel, and Debussy
(Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...
. ''Naïla'', his opera in three acts, premiered at the Palais Garnier
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on 7 April 1927. Three of his ballets had their first performances at that venue as well.
In 1941, Gaubert died of a stroke
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in Paris.
Legacy
* JournalistJean Bouzerand
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, Gaubert's friend, convinced the town of Cahors to create a public garden in Gaubert's honour near the river Lot in the late 1930s.
* When Gaubert was still alive, Albert Roussel
Albert Charles Paul Marie Roussel (; 5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer. He spent seven years as a midshipman, turned to music as an adult, and became one of the most prominent French composers of the interwar period. His ...
dedicated the movement "Monsieur de la Péjaudie" in his piece '' Joueurs de flûte'', op. 27 for flute and piano to him.
Honours
Gaubert was appointedChevalier de la Legion d'honneur
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in 1921.
Selected works
;Chamber music * ''3 Aquarelles'', for flute, cello and piano * ''Ballade'', for flute and piano * ''Ballade'' for viola and piano (1938) * ''Berceuse'', for flute and piano * ''Cantabile et scherzetto'', for cornet and piano (1909) * ''Divertissement Grec'', for 2 flutes and harp * ''2 Esquisses'', for flute and piano * ''Fantaisie'', for clarinet & piano * ''Fantaisie'', for flute and piano * ''Gavotte en rondeau'' (after Lully's ''Les Ballets du roi''), for flute and piano * ''Madrigal'', for flute and piano * ''Morceau symphonique'', for trombone and piano * ''Médailles antiques'', for flute, violin and piano * ''Nocturne et allegro scherzando'', for flute and piano * ''Pièce romantique'', for flute, cello, and piano * ''Romance'', for flute and piano (1905) * ''Romance'', for flute and piano (1908) * ''Sicilienne'', for flute and piano * Sonata for Flute and Piano, No. 1 * Sonata for Flute and Piano, No. 2 * Sonata for Flute and Piano, No. 3 * Sonatine, for flute and piano * Suite, for flute and piano * ''Sur l'eau'', for flute and piano * ''Tarantelle'', for flute, oboe and piano ;Vocal * ''Soir paien'', for voice, flute and piano * ''Vocalise en forme de barcarolle'', for voice and pianoMedia
External links
Brief biographical sketch
of Philippe Gaubert on the
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