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20th Century Romantic French

GAUBERT, Philippe

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

Biography

Sources

  1. 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.