Daniel-François-Esprit Auber
Daniel-François-Esprit Auber Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: The Man and His Music By Robert Ignatius Letellier Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: The Man and His Music, by Robert Ignatius Letellier This book first published 2010 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 12 Back Chapman Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2XX, UK British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Copyright © 2010 by Robert Ignatius Letellier All rights for this book reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. ISBN (10): 1-4438-2563-8, ISBN (13): 978-1-4438-2563-4 Daniel-François-Esprit Auber (c. 1835) Auber—a composer who is not...without many considerable merits. Like all good composers of the French school, Auber stands out for the elegant clarity of his harmonization, an abundance of delightful and rhythmically striking melodies, sensible moderation in the use of outward effects, and for his beautiful instrumentation. What you cannot expect to find in Auber, though, are passionateness, moments of tempestuous yearning and powerful inspiration. In his works he appears before us as the same smart, cheerful, intelligent and well-bred Frenchman that he was in real life. —Peter Illych Tchaikovsky, 1872 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations ....................................................................................
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