Personne : Louis Aubert

  • Sujet Reference
    Objet Benoit (1992) p. 32-3 : famille Aubert. "Il fut un des meilleurs violonistes de son époque et acquit une solide réputation."
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  • Sujet Grove Music Online
    Objet ELIZABETH KEITEL/M. SIGNORILE : 'Louis Aubert', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 27 May 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
    "Louis Aubert [le jeune, le fils] (b Paris, 15 May 1720; d after 1783). Eldest son of Jacques Aubert. Taught by his father and hailed as a child prodigy, he was a back-desk violinist at the Opéra by the time he was 11 and perhaps even when he was only eight. In 1732 Joseph Francœur nominated him to the 24 Violons du Roi, although he was not officially appointed until 1746. In 1753 he offered his father’s violin for sale: it was a 17th-century instrument designed by Nicoló Amati. By 1756 he was first violinist and one of the principal conductors of the Opéra orchestra. He retired from these duties in 1774 with a pension and special gratuities ‘in consideration of 43 years of service’; his name can be found on lists of patrons as late as 1783. Considering that he was active at a later time, Louis was a more conservative composer than his father; […]"
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  • Sujet Campardon
    Objet L'Académie royale de musique au XVIIIe siècle, 1884, t. II, p. 262 : [21 juillet 1755] "Sieur Louis Aubert (2), âgé de 35 ans, ordinaire de la chambre du Roi et de l'Académie royale de musique, demeurant à Paris, rue St-Honoré; (2) Aubert, premier violon de l'orchestre de l'Opéra."
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