Louis Aubert's Violin Sonata, composed in 1926, is dedicated to the memory of his teacher Gabriel Fauré and is his only large-scale work in an abstract, Classical form.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Philosopher and musicologist Vladimir Jankélévitch stated that Louis Aubert would be considered one of the greatest French composers even if he had only written Sillages, Poèmes arabes, and the Sonata for violin and piano.
Composition History
Gabriel Fauré wrote that the Pie Jesu in his Requiem was written for a child's voice, and Louis Aubert was the first to sing it at La Madeleine.
Composition History
In 1909, Louis Aubert co-founded the Société de musique indépendante (SMI) with Maurice Ravel, Charles Koechlin, Florent Schmitt, and others, to promote new music, with Gabriel Fauré as its president.
Composer Biography
Louis Aubert, like his contemporaries Joseph Guy Ropartz and Paul Le Flem, was of Breton origins, born in Paramé, now part of Saint-Malo.
Compositional Technique
Louis Aubert's Sillages (Wakes) is considered one of the four most significant triptych piano works by French composers in the early 20th century, alongside Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit and Schmitt's Ombres.
Composer Biography
As a child, Louis Aubert was a gifted pianist and sang as a treble chorister in the main churches of Paris, with his talents noted by his teacher Charles Steiger.
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