Olivier Aubert

Pierre François Olivier Aubert (1763 – c.1830) was a French cellist and composer, born in Amiens. For twenty-five years he was a member of the orchestra of the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

His chief merit is having published two good instruction books for the cello at a time when works of that kind were rare and much needed. He wrote also string quartets, sonatas and duets for cello, and a pamphlet entitled Histoire abrégée de la musique ancienne et moderne.

Works

• 3 String Quartets, Op.1 (Zurich, 1796).
• 3 String Quartets, Op.2.
• 3 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op.3.
• 3 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op.5.
• 3 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op.6.
• 3 Duos for 2 Cellos, Op.7.
• Études pour le violoncelle, suivies de 3 Duos et de 3 Sonates, Op.8.
• Methode ou nouvelles etudes pour le violoncelle, Op.9 (Paris, 1802)
• 8 books of Cello Sonatas.
• Rondo for solo cello
• Histoire abrégée de la musique ancienne et moderne, ou Réflexions sur ce qu’il y a de plus probable dans les écrits qui ont traité ce sujet, (Paris, 1827).

See also

• List of cellists
• List of classical composers
• List of French people

Notes

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Grove, George, ed. (1900). "Aubert, Pierre". A Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London: Macmillan and Company. 

External links

• Free scores by Olivier Aubert at the International Music Score Library Project