Born in Cahors, Lot, July 5, 1879
Died in Paris, July 8, 1941
- Gaubert was a French flutist, composer and conductor. He won first prize for flute at the Paris Conservatory in 1894 and second prize for composition in the Prix de Rome in 1905.
- Gaubert enjoyed a successful career as an orchestral and solo flutist, a conductor and artistic director at the Paris Opéra, and professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire.
- In addition to flute music, Gaubert composed operas, ballets, songs, and works for orchestra.
- With his teacher Paul Taffanel, he wrote the influential flute method, Méthode complete de flúte.1
Sources
- Edward Blakeman, “Gaubert, Philippe,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed October 8, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000044129.