Maurice Jaubert
Maurice Jacques Joseph Eugène Jaubert (born January 3, 1900 in Nice , † June 19, 1940 in Baccarat in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department ) was a French composer .
life and work
After completing his legal training, the son of a famous lawyer wrote orchestral works, chamber, ballet, theater and film music in his early twenties. He was on the intellectual left in France in the 1930s and composed accordingly committed, popular pieces.
Jaubert also set films to music, including by René Clair , Jean Vigo and Marcel Carné .
François Truffaut used music by him posthumously for four of his films: L'histoire d'Adèle H. ( The story of Adèle H. , 1975), L'argent de poche ( pocket money , 1975), L'homme qui aimait les femmes ( The man who loved women , 1977) and La chambre verte ( The green room , 1978).
Jaubert died in a military hospital after receiving fatal wounds in Azerailles , Meurthe et Moselle.
Film music (selection)
- 1926: Nana
- 1928: Le petit chaperon rouge
- 1929: The wonderful lie of Nina Petrovna
- 1933: Big City Night (together with Karol Rathaus and Friedrich Schröder )
- 1933: July 14th (14th Juillet)
- 1936: Mayerling (only processing)
- 1937: a strange case (Drôle de drame)
- 1937: Memory game
- 1938: Hôtel du Nord
- 1939: Retirement (La Fin du jour)
- 1939: The white slave (L'esclave blanche)
Quote
In "The Green Room" Julien Davenne, played by François Truffaut, says about Jaubert: "I had almost completely forgotten him. But when I heard a piece by him on the radio one day, I noticed that his music was full of clarity and sunshine is to accompany the memory of all these deceased. "
Web links
- Maurice Jaubert in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ cit. after J. Wölfer and R. Löper, Das Großes Lexikon der Filmverbindungen, Berlin 2003, pp. 259f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jaubert, Maurice |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jaubert, Maurice Jacques Joseph Eugène (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 1940 |
| Place of death | Baccarat , Meurthe-et-Moselle department , France |