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3collections of dances, etc., for pianoforte; Forty melodies for male voices (Munich, 1834); Fifty songs for two, three, and four voices (Esslingen); etc.—Fétis.
5AUBERT, JACQUES (the elder), born in France, end of 17th century, died at Belleville, near Paris, in 1753. He was violinist in the royal band in 1727, first violinist in the orchestra of the Opéra and in the Concerts Spirituels in 1748, in which year he became leader of the band and director of the Duc de Bourbon's private music. Works: 5 books of violin sonatas, with a bass; 12 suites en trio; 2 books of concertos for four violins, violoncello, and bass; airs and minuets for two violins and bass; La paix triomphante, opera (1713); Diane, ballet divertissement, (with Bourgeois, 1721); Le ballet de 24 heures (1722); La reine des Péris, words by Fuselier (1725); La fête champêtre et guerrière (1746); Le ballet de Chantilly, cantata, Paris, 1728.—Fétis; Grove.
7AUBERT, PIERRE FRANÇOIS OLIVIER, born at Amiens in 1763, died (?). Violoncellist, member of the orchestra of the Opéra Comique, Paris, for twenty-five years. Works: 3 quartets for two violins, viola, and violoncello, op. 1 (Zürich, 1796); 3 do., op. 2; 3 duets for violoncellos, op. 3; 3 do., op. 5; do., op. 6; do., op. 7; Études for violoncello, followed by three duets and three sonatas, op. 8; 8 books of sonatas. He has also published two methods for violoncello.—Fétis.
9AUBÉRY DU BOULLEY, PRUDENT LOUIS, born at Verneuil (Eure), Dec. 9, 1796, died there, February, 1870. Instrumental composer, first instructed by his father, who was a good musician. At the age of five he was able to read music at sight, and at ten played difficult concertos on the flute and on the horn. In 1808 he was sent to Paris, and studied at the Conservatoire, under Monsigny, Méhul, and Cherubini until 1815; returned to Verneuil, where he seized every opportunity to take part in concerts, given by artists there and in the neighborhood. Obliged to live in the country from 1827 on account of his health, he practised agriculture, published a method of instruction entitled "Grammaire musicale" in 1830, and, on the organization of the National Guard throughout France, formed at Verneuil a military band of forty, which led to the institution of similar musical unions among the rural population. His compositions, consisting of sonatas, and marches for the pianoforte, quartets, trios, and other chamber music, number 156 works, a complete list of which may be found in: Société Philharmonique de l'Eure, de l'Orne et d'Eure-et-Loire (L'Aigle, Ginoux, 1866). His comic opera, Les amants querelleurs, received at the Opéra Comique, was given at the Gymnase in 1824, arranged as a vaudeville, for which purpose the author of the libretto had withdrawn it.—Fétis; do., Supplément, i. 30.
11AUDRAN, EDMOND, born at Lyons, April 11, 1842, still living, 1888. Dramatic composer, son of the tenor Marius Audran, pupil at the École Niedermeyer, Paris, where he won the prize for composition in 1859; settled with his father, in 1861, at Marseilles, where he is maître de chapelle at St. Joseph's. Works: L'Ours et le Pacha, comic opera, given at Grand Théâtre, Marseilles, 1862; La chercheuse d'esprit, ib., 1864; La Nivernaise, ib., Gymnase, 1866; Le petit Poucet, opérette, ib., 1868; Le grand Mogol, do., ib., 1877; Les noces d'Olivette, comic opera, Bouffes Parisiens, Paris, 1879; La mascotte, opéra-bouffe, ib., 1880.—Fétis, Supplément, i. 33.
13AUF HOHEN BEFEHL, comic opera, text and music by Carl Reinecke, represented at the Stadttheater, Hamburg, Oct. 1, 1886. The libretto is an adaptation of Riehl's novel, "Ovid bei Hofe." It was
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