Daniel François Esprit Auber worked in music at a period when the art was changing shape around them.
The record lists Daniel François Esprit Auber as French composer (1782-1871).
Daniel François Esprit Auber was born at Caen in 1782. His recorded nationality is France.
The concert hall and the public audience were new in this period; music was beginning to be written for buyers rather than employers.
He worked as composer, choreographer and pedagogue.
His work is classed as grand opera, opéra comique and opera.
He performed with Académie des beaux-arts and Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.
Among his best-known works are Concert à la cour, ou La débutante, Léocadie and La muette de Portici. A musical reputation rests on a handful of works that refuse to date.
The honours record reads: Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
That the work came out of France shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.
Daniel François Esprit Auber died in 1871, aged 89. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Notable work: Concert à la cour, ou La débutante
- Notable work: Léocadie
- Notable work: La muette de Portici
- Genres: grand opera, opéra comique and opera
