Daniel F. E. Auber  (1782-1871)
Last updated: 31.01.24
According to The Oxford Companion to Music, Daniel François Esprit Auber was born in Caen and died in Paris aged eighty-nine. He came to London early in life and whilst earning a living in a business house, took an active part in all musical pursuits. At twenty-two he returned to Paris, where he quickly became known as a composer, at first of instrumental music. In his early thirties his operas began to be heard, and he now formed with the dramatist Scribe an alliance as close and essential as the later one between Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. He felt the influence of Rosini and adopted Rosini's style to the French taste.
He wrote about forty operas and curiously never attended performances of his own works. He was a great melodist, an easy harmonist and an effective orchestrater; his works offering no difficulty to the listener. For the most part they belong to the genre of "opéra comique". In 1842 he became head of the Paris Conservatory and in 1857 musical director to Napoleon III.
  Title (Release Year) Co-Author(s) Performers Issue
         
cylinder15.gif Bronze Horse Overture (1909) National Military Band Edison Amberol: 12151
  Title (Release Year) Composer Performers Issue
         
recordMP3.gif Bourbonnaise (1896) D.F.E Auber Amelita Galli-Curci Victor: B-19338
     Title Author Supplier
       
book15.gif  La muette de Portici D. F. E. Auber flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif flag15de.gif
book15.gif  Sämtlicher Werke von D.F.E. Auber (AWV) Herbert Schneider flag15us.gif flag15uk.gif
     Title Attribution Instruments Source Remarks
           
pdf15.gif Beats There a Heart (1835) D.F.E Auber (music)
Mr. Wood (perf.)
Piano Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Behold How Brightly Breaks the Morning (1820) D.F.E Auber (music)
Mr Sinclair (perf.)
Piano Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Celebrated Overture From Somnambula (1836) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Come O'Er the Moonlit Sea (1859) D.F.E Auber (music)
Charles Jefferys (words)
Piano, Voice Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Fra Diavolo No. 4 (1840) D.F.E Auber (music)
Eugène Scribe (words)
Piano, Voice Greer
pdf15.gif Fra Diavolo No. 5 - Barcarolle (1840) D.F.E Auber (music)
Eugène Scribe (words)
Piano, Voice Greer
pdf15.gif La Fiancée No. 7 (1835) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer
pdf15.gif  La Part Du Diable No. 5 (1843) D.F.E Auber (music)
Eugène Scribe (words)
Piano, Voice Greer
pdf15.gif Maid of Cashmere (1832) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif March in the Opera Le Dieu Et La Bayadère (1832) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Market Chorus (1830) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer Pub.
pdf15.gif Masked Ball (1832), The D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Massaniello (18--) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Indiana wvicon.gif
pdf15.gif Overture to the Opera of Fra Diavolo (1800) D.F.E Auber (music) Piano Greer wvicon.gif
Recorder Sheet Music
Barcarole (D/A/T/B)smp_unav15.gif
Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00107)
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 22 works by Daniel F. E. Auber (1782-1871). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: pdf15.gif (w&m)
Title Year Attribution Remarks
       
Massaniello 18--  wvicon.gif
Overture to the Opera of Fra Diavolo 1800  wvicon.gif
Behold How Brightly Breaks the Morning 1820 Mr Sinclair (perf.)  wvicon.gif
Market Chorus 1830  Pub.
Maid of Cashmere 1832  wvicon.gif
March in the Opera Le Dieu Et La Bayadère 1832  Pub.
Masked Ball, The 1832  wvicon.gif
Beats There a Heart 1835 Mr. Wood (perf.)  wvicon.gif
La Fiancée No. 7 1835
Celebrated Overture From Somnambula 1836  wvicon.gif
Quadrilles 1837 Augusta Maywood (perf.)
National Guards' Quick Step 1838
Favorite Overture to the Opera of Fra Diavolo, The 184-  wvicon.gif
Fra Diavolo No. 4 1840 Eugène Scribe (words)
Fra Diavolo No. 5 - Barcarolle 1840 Eugène Scribe (words)
El Jaleo De Jeres 1842 Fanny Elssler (perf.)
Hermine Elssler (perf.)
La Part Du Diable No. 5 1843 Eugène Scribe (words)
My Sister Dear 1858  wvicon.gif
Come O'Er the Moonlit Sea 1859 Charles Jefferys (words)  wvicon.gif
Overture Le Cheval De Bronze 189-  wvicon.gif
Bourbonnaise (w&m) 1896 Amelita Galli-Curci (perf.)  wvicon.gif  recordMP3.gif
Bronze Horse Overture 1909 National Military Band (perf.)   cylinder15.gif