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Auber (1782-1871)[E6A] Other names: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber[E6A] Honours Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1861[H77] Commander of the Legion of Honour, 1847[H77] Officer of the Legion of Honour, 1835[H77] Knight of the Legion of Honour, 1825[H77] Positions Held Chapelmaster to Napoleon III, 1857[J92] Director of the Paris Conservatoire, 1842[E6A] Director of the Concerts de la Cour, 1839[E6A] Biographical French composer[E6A] Composed mainly opéras comiques.[E6A] Studied with Ignace Antoine Ladurner, and also learnt the violin and cello.[E6A] Received private lessons from Cherubini, 1805.[E6A] Admittted into the Société Académique des Enfants d'Apollon as a composer, 1806.[E6A] Went to London, 1802, to study commerce and English, and had some success as a performer and composer there, but returned in 1803.[E6A] Spent the rest of his life composing in Paris.[E6A] He entered a very close collaboration with Eugène Scribe whose librettos were an important reason for the success of his works.[E6A] Elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts of the Institut de France, 1829.[E6A] Place of birth: Caen[E6A] Place of death: Paris[E6A] |
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