Chamber Music flute,
piano
SKU:
CF.WF228
Philippe
Gaubert. Composed by
Philippe Gaubert. Edited
by Amy Porter. Arranged
by Amy Porter. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
104+1+32 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #WF228.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.WF228).
ISBN
9781491153529. 9 x 12
inches.
Compiled
and edited by Amy Porter,
Treasures for Flute and
Piano is acollection of
Philippe Gaubert’s
shorter works for flute
and piano. Gaubertwas a
multi-talented musician,
a marvelous flutist as
well as a
composer,teacher, and
master conductor. Over
his lifetime, he became
one of the mostimportant
musical figures in France
between the World Wars in
the first halfof the 20th
century. Trained in
theory and harmony at the
Paris
Conservatory,Gaubert was
also deeply influenced by
other composers at the
time, includingDebussy,
Fauré, and Dukas. Editor
Amy Porter is a
distinguished Professorat
The University of
Michigan School of Music,
Theatre & Dance, and
hasbeen praised by
critics for her
exceptional musical
talent and her passion
forscholarship. This
edition represents eleven
of the sixteen works from
AmyPorter and Dr.
Penelope Fischer’s
video study guide, “The
Gaubert Cycle:
TheComplete Works for
Flute and Piano by
Philippe
Gaubert”.
Philippe
Gaubert (1879–1941) was
a very important teacher
and flutist in our
classical flute playing
lineage. In this edition
we have gathered his
beautiful, shorter
compositions for flute
and piano all in one
place, to be cherished as
“Gaubert’s
Treasures.”Philippe
Gaubert personified the
modern French school of
flute playing as
introduced by his teacher
Paul Taffanel
(1844–1908) at the
Paris Conservatory.
Gaubert was a
multitalented musician, a
marvelous flutist as well
as a gifted composer,
teacher and master
conductor. Over his
lifetime he became one of
the most important
musical figures in France
between the World Wars in
the first half of the
twentieth century.
Gaubert’s musical
andpedagogical gifts to
us are passed along
through generations of
students and continue to
touch the hearts of many
who listen to his fine,
and refined,
music.Philippe Gaubert
studied composition at
the Paris Conservatory
with Raoul Pugno, Xavier
Leroux, and then for a
brief time with Charles
Lenepvu. It was after
this study that he won
the famous Prix de Rome
second prize in
composition. Even with
his schooling of theory
and harmony in Paris, he
was deeply influenced by
other composers of the
time, namely Debussy,
Fauré and Dukas. Between
the years of 1905–1914
Gaubert’s early
workswere arrangements
and short pieces written
for the year-end final
exam pieces at the
Conservatory.Between
1914–1918 Gaubert
served in the French Army
during World War I, most
notably in the battle of
Verdun in 1916. This was
considered one of the
largest battles against
the Germans in WWI. He
was wounded but his
creativity level was not
dampened. He was rewarded
for his service and
awarded medals for his
bravery. It was during
this time that he found
the energy to compose his
Deux Esquisses or 2
Scenes, and sketched out
his first flute
sonata.Gaubert composed
his remaining five flute
and piano works after
1922 in Paris, and
clearly his poetic soul
was transformed from the
earlier years. He took in
new forms and styles of
compositions such as a
Suite, a Ballade and a
Sonatine. He also
completed his Second and
Third Sonatas for Flute
and Piano, all of them
dramatic works in terms
of compositional
techniques and grandeur
of tone.Gaubert composed
music easily throughout
his lifetime, especially
during summer breaks when
the orchestra and Paris
Opera seasons were on
hiatus and he was not
conducting. He loved
literature and poetry
which inspired over
thirty vocal works from
1903 through 1938.He also
wrote twenty-six
instrumental chamber
works for other
instruments: oboe,
cornet, clarinet,
trombone, violin, viola,
cello, harp and
combinations of these
instruments with piano.
Some of these were
commissioned jury pieces,
but many were for his
musician friends.Six
full-length stage works,
both ballets and operas
for the stage, several
tone poems and symphonies
were written throughout
his lifetime.This edition
represents eleven out of
the sixteen works from
our video study guide
“The Gaubert Cycle: The
Complete Works for Flute
and Piano by Philippe
Gaubert” with guest
pianist Tim Carey.
Omitted in this edition
are Sonatas Nos. 1–3,
Ballade, and
Sonatine.
