Tony Aubin


Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin was a French composer.

Life and career

Aubin was born in Paris on 8 December 1907. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau, Noel Gallon, Philippe Gaubert, and Paul Dukas. He was awarded the Prix de Rome for the cantata Actaeon in 1930.
He was artistic director at Paris-Mondial 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 impressionism of Ravel and Dukas, include many film scores.
His pupils included Olivier Alain, Garbis Aprikian, Raynald Arseneault, Jocelyne Binet, Jacques Castérède, Pierre Cochereau, Marius Constant, Ginette Keller, Talivaldis Kenins, Yüksel Koptagel, Ron Nelson, Makoto Shinohara, Francine Aubin, and Williametta Spencer.

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 , 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 Franz Schubert, Ballet, 1953
  • Grand pas on a theme of Johannes Brahms, 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 : The Pavilion Burns
  • 1942 : À l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable
  • 1943 : White Wings
  • 1943 : Le Corbeau
  • 1943 : Sondeurs d'abîmes
  • 1943 : Ceux du rivage
  • 1944 : The Ménard Collection
  • 1949 : The Pretty Miller Girl
  • 1952 : Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces
  • 1952 : Victoire sur l'Annapurna
  • 1966 : ''Illusions perdues''