Tony Aubin

Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (; 8 December 1907 – 21 September 1981) was a French composer.

Life and career Aubin was born in Paris on 8 December 1907. From 1925 to 1930, he studied at the Paris Conservatory under Samuel Rousseau (music theory), Noel Gallon (counterpoint), Philippe Gaubert (orchestration and composition), and Paul Dukas (composition). He was awarded the Prix de Rome for the cantata Actaeon in 1930.

He was artistic director at Paris-Mondial from 1937 to 1944, and professor at the Paris Conservatory from 1944 to 1977. He also conducted works for French radio between 1945 and 1960. His works, heavily indebted to the impressionism of Ravel and Dukas, include many film scores.

His pupils included Olivier Alain, Garbis Aprikian, Raynald Arseneault, Jocelyne Binet, Jacques Castérède, Pierre Cochereau, Marius Constant, Ginette Keller, Talivaldis Kenins, Yüksel Koptagel, Ron Nelson, Makoto Shinohara, Francine Aubin, and Williametta Spencer.

Works Piano Sonata, 1930 Quatuor à cordes, 1930–1933 Prélude, Récitatif et Finale for piano, 1930–1933 Six Poèmes de Verlaine, 1932–1933 Cressida, Melodrama, 1934 1er Sinfonie, "Romantique", 1935–1937 Le Sommeil d'Iskender, 1936 Cantilène variée for cello and piano, 1937 La Chasse infernale (Le chevalier Pécopin), Scherzo Symphonique, 1941–1942 Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans, Oratorio, 1942 Suite danoise, 1942–1945 Athalie, 1943 Symphony No. 2, 1944 François Villon, 1945 Fourberies, Ballet, 1950–1952 Variations on a theme of Franz Schubert, Ballet, 1953 Grand pas on a theme of Johannes Brahms, Ballet, 1953 Suite éolienne for flute, clarinet, and orchestra, 1956 Périls, Lyrical drama, 1956–1958 La Source, 1960 Hymne à d'espérance, 1961 Concertinetto for violin and piano, 1964 Concertinetto del amicizia for flute and piano, 1965 Concertino della Brughiera for bassoon and piano, 1966–1975 Divertimento del incertezza for clarinet and piano or orchestra, 1967/ 1973 La Jeunesse de Goya, opera, 1968–1970 Concertino delle scoiattolo for oboe, piano and strings, 1970 Au fil de l'eau, 1970 Toccatrotta, 1972 Hidalgoyas for guitar, 1975 Passacaglia dell'addio for viola and piano, 1977

Filmography 1941 : The Pavilion Burns (Jacques de Baroncelli) 1942 : À l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable (Marcel Ichac) 1943 : White Wings 1943 : Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot) 1943 : Sondeurs d'abîmes (Marcel Ichac) 1943 : Ceux du rivage 1944 : The Ménard Collection 1949 : The Pretty Miller Girl 1952 : Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces (Marcel Ichac/Jean-Jacques Languepin) 1952 : Victoire sur l'Annapurna (Marcel Ichac) 1966 : Illusions perdues