Jacques Aubert

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Jacques Aubert (September 30, 1689 – May 19, 1753), also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux (Jacques Aubert the Elder), was a French composer and violinist.

Aubert was born in Paris and became a student of Jean-Baptiste Senaillé. His first position was as violinist in the service of the Prince of Condé. Thereafter he was a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy (Twenty-four Violins of the King). From 1728 to 1752, he was the first violinist at the Paris Opéra.

He regularly and successfully appeared for a dozen years beginning in 1729 at the Concert Spirituel with, among other works, concertos for violin and orchestra of his own composition.

Together with Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville and Jean-Marie Leclair, Aubert brought the zest of Italian violin virtuosity into the French musical fare of their time. He died in Belleville.

His son Jean-Louis Aubert (1731 - 1814) was a dramatist, poet and journalist, also known as the Abbé Aubert (the Abbot Aubert).

Contents 1 Works 1.1 Instrumental 1.2 Operas and Ballets 2 Source

[edit] Works

[edit] Instrumental

• Pieces for two violins
• Trio sonatas
• Five books of sonatas for violin and basso continuo
• Twelve Suites of concerts de Symphonie (1730)
• Concertos for 4 violins and bass, (the first in this genre by a French composer)

[edit] Operas and Ballets

• Arlequin gentilhomme malgré lui or L'Amant supposé, opéra comique (1716 Paris)
• Arlequin Hulla ou La Femme répudiée, opéra comique (1716 Paris)
• Les Animaux raisonnables (Louis Fuzelier/Marc-Antoine LeGrand), opéra comique (1718 Paris)
• Diane (Antoine Danchet), divertissement (1721 Chantilly)
• Le Regiment de la calotte (Fuzelier/LeSage/d'Orneval), opéra comique (1721 Paris)
• La Fête royale divertissement (1722 Chantilly)
• Le Ballett de Chantilly, Le Ballet des vingt-quatre heures (LeGrand), comedy (1722 Chantilly)
• La Reine des Péris (Fuzelier), Persian comedy (1725 Paris)

[edit] Source

• Jacques Aubert, entry in the French Wikipedia