Jacques Aubert
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Jacques Aubert also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux (Jacques Aubert the Elder), was a French
composer
and violin
ist.
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
. 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.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist.
Aubert was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and became a student of Jean Baptiste Senaillé
Jean Baptiste Senaillé
Jean Baptiste Senaillé was a French born Baroque composer and violin virtuoso. His father was member of Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi. Senaillé studied under Jean-Baptiste Anet, Giovanni Antonio Piani and in Italy under Tomaso Antonio Vitali, he imported Italian musical techniques and pieces...
. His first position was as violinist in the service of the Prince of Condé
Prince of Condé
The Most Serene House of Condé is a historical French house, a noble lineage of descent from a single ancestor...
. Thereafter he was a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy
Les Vingt-quatre Violons du Roi
The Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy were a famous five-part string orchestra at the French royal court, existing from 1626 to 1761.-History:...
. From 1728 to 1752, he was the first violinist at the Paris Opéra
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique...
.
He regularly and successfully appeared for a dozen years beginning in 1729 at the Concert Spirituel
Concert Spirituel
The Concert Spirituel was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790; later, concerts or series of concerts of the same name occurred in Paris, Vienna, London and elsewhere...
with, among other works, concertos for violin and orchestra of his own composition.
Together with Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville and Jean-Marie Leclair
Jean-Marie Leclair
Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné, also known as Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder, was a Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school...
, Aubert brought the zest of Italian violin virtuosity into the French musical fare of their time. He died in Belleville
Belleville (commune)
Belleville was a French commune in the Seine département lying immediately east of Paris, France. It was one of four communes entirely annexed by the city of Paris in 1860. Its territory is now shared by the XIXe arrondissement and XXe arrondissement, but a neighborhood has retained its name: the...
.
His son Jean-Louis Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert
Jean-Louis Aubert is a French guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has also composed music for the cinema and for television, including the soundtrack for the film I've Loved You So Long, starring Kristin Scott Thomas .In 1976, he co-founded the rock band Téléphone...
(1731–1814) was a dramatist, poet and journalist, also known as the Abbé Aubert.
Instrumental
- Pieces for two violins
- Trio sonataTrio sonataThe trio sonata is a musical form that was popular in the 17th and early 18th centuries.A trio sonata is written for two solo melodic instruments and basso continuo, making three parts in all, hence the name trio sonata...
s - Five books of sonataSonataSonata , in music, literally means a piece played as opposed to a cantata , a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms prior to the Classical era...
s 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)
- Les Amuzettes, pièces pour les vièles, musettes, violons, flutes et hautbois. Op. XIV, Paris ca. 1734
- Les petits concerts. Duos pour les musettes, vielles, violons, flutes et hautbois. Op. XVI, Paris ca. 1734
Operas and ballets
- Arlequin gentilhomme malgré lui ou L'Amant supposé, opéra comiqueOpéra comiqueOpéra comique is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged out of the popular opéra comiques en vaudevilles of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent , which combined existing popular tunes with spoken sections...
(1716 Paris) - Arlequin Hulla ou La Femme répudiée, opéra comique (1716 Paris)
- Les Animaux raisonnables (Louis FuzelierLouis FuzelierLouis Fuzelier was a French dramatic author who was born in Paris in 1672 and died in the same city on September 19, 1752. He wrote more than 200 plays for the théâtres de la foire , alone or in collaboration with Alain-Rene Lesage, Alexis Piron or d'Orneval.Fuzelier wrote the libretto les Indes...
/Marc-Antoine LeGrand), opéra comique (1718 Paris) - Diane (Antoine Danchet), divertissementDivertissementDivertissement is used, in a similar sense to the Italian 'divertimento', for a light piece of music for a small group of players, however the French term has additional meanings....
(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)