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    Daniel Auber

    Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820. He soon established a professional partnership with the librettist Eugène Scribe that lasted for 41 years and produced 39 operas, most of them commercial and critical successes. He is mostly associated with opéra-comique and composed 35 works in that genre. With Scribe he wrote the first French grand opera, La Muette de Portici in 1828, which paved the way for the large-scale works of Giacomo Meyerbeer. Auber held two important official musical posts. From 1842 to 1871 he was director of France's premier music academy, the Paris Conservatoire, which he expanded and modernised. Wikipedia

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    Portrait of Daniel Auber, 1827, by Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot. Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (French: [danjɛl fʁɑ̃swa ɛspʁi obɛːʁ]; 29 January 1782 - 12 May 1871) was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire.. Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820.
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    Born into an artistic family, Auber was at first an amateur composer before he took up writing operas professionally when the family's fortunes failed in 1820. He soon established a professional partnership with the librettist Eugène Scribe that lasted for 41 years and produced 39 operas, most of them commercial and critical successes.
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    Jan 25, 2025Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (born January 29, 1782, Caen, France—died May 12, 1871, Paris) was a French composer who was prominent in the 19th-century cultivation of opera containing spoken as well as sung passages (comic opera).The great contemporary success of his works was due in part to the expertly tailored librettos of Eugène Scribe and in part to Auber's spirited musical settings ...
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    This French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) is best known for his operas, including 31 opéras comiques, 7 opéras, 3 drames lyriques, and one each of works designated as comédie, comédie mêlée de chant, intermède, opéra féerie, opéra historique, scène lyrique and scène-prologue.All were premiered in Paris, except Jean de Couvain, which was premiered in Chimay ...
  8. operascribe.com

    Auber (1782-1871) is little known today, but was once one of the most popular composers in Europe. Tom Kaufman, for one, considered him one of the three giants of French opera in the mid-19th century, alongside Meyerbeer and Halévy. While I wouldn't put Auber quite in the top rank, his operas are delightful entertainment.
  9. encyclopedia.com

    Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit. Auber, Daniel-François-Esprit, notable French composer; b. Caen, Jan. 29, 1782; d. Paris, May 12, 1871. He was a pupil of Ignaz Anton Ladurner. His first work for the stage, L'erreur d'un moment (1805; rev. as Julie, 1811), attracted the notice of Cherubini, who became his mentor.
  10. 1902encyclopedia.com

    DANIEL FRANÇOIS ESPRIT AUBER, musical composer, the chief representative of the French school, was the son of a Paris printseller.He was born at Caen, in Normandy, on the 29th January 1782, while his mother was on a visit to that town. Destined by his father to the pursuits of trade, he was allowed, nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music, and learnt to play at an early age on several ...
  11. classical.net

    Daniel-François Auber (1782 - 1871) As a young man Auber was sent abroad by his father, successful Parisian art dealer. In London Auber studied business, but he also established himself in musical circles and began to compose songs. ... In time he became popular, and eventually he completed about 50 operas, most notable among them being Fra ...
  12. Daniel François Esprit Auber (January 29, 1782 - May 13, 1871), French composer, the son of a Paris print-seller, was born in Caen in Normandy.. Destined by his father to the printselling trade, he was allowed, nevertheless, to indulge his fondness for music, and learnt to play at an early age on several instruments, his first teacher being the Tirolean composer, Josef Alois Ladurner (March 7 ...
  13. classicalmusicdaily.com

    Daniel François Esprit Auber. French composer Daniel François Esprit Auber was born in Caen in Normandy on 29 January 1782. He trained in business and also studied music, and began to write music and study with Luigi Cherubini.. He wrote a long series of mostly successful operas, the most successful of which was Fra Diavolo.He also succeeded Cherubini as director of the Conservatoire de Paris.

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