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Tony Louis Alexandre Aubin (8 December 1907 in Paris – 21 September 1981 in Paris) was a French composer.
From 1925 to 1930 Aubin 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 1937-1944, 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 a large number of 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 and Makoto Shinohara. See: List of music students by teacher: A to B#Tony Aubin.
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
- 1. 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 : Le pavillon brûle (Jacques de Baroncelli)
- 1942 : À l'assaut des Aiguilles du Diable (Marcel Ichac)
- 1943 : Les Ailes blanches
- 1943 : Le Corbeau (Henri-Georges Clouzot)
- 1943 : Sondeurs d'abîmes (Marcel Ichac)
- 1943 : Ceux du rivage
- 1944 : La Collection Ménard
- 1952 : Groenland, 20 000 lieues sur les glaces (Marcel Ichac/Jean-Jacques Languepin)
- 1952 : Victoire sur l'Annapurna (Marcel Ichac)
- 1966 : Illusions perdues