Philippe Gaubert

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Philippe Gaubert (1879-1941) was a French musician who was a brilliant performer on the flute, a respected conductor, and a composer, primarily for the flute. Gaubert was born in Cahors in Southwest France. He became one of the most prominent French musicians between the two world wars. After a distinguished 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 center of French musical life:

• Professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire,
• Principal conductor of the Paris Opéra, and
• Principal conductor of the Société des Concerts.

As a composer, Gaubert was by no means an innovator, but his work benefited from many of the innovations of Franck, Ravel and Debussy. Gaubert died in Paris in 1941 of a stroke.

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• Brief biographical sketch of Philippe Gaubert on the Naxos site