Maurice Jaubert

Maurice Jaubert

Maurice Jaubert (3 January 1900 – 19 June 1940) was a prolific French composer who scored some of the most important films of the early sound era in France, including Jean Vigo’s Zero for Conduct and L'Atalante, and René Clair’s Quatorze Juillet and Le Dernier Milliardaire. Serving in both world wars, he died in action during World War II at the age of 40. Born in Nice on 3 January 1900, he was the second son of François Jaubert, a lawyer who would become the president of the Nice bar. Jaubert grew up in a musical household, and began playing the piano aged five. After gaining his baccalaureat from the Lycée Masséna in Nice in 1916, he enrolled at the Nice Conservatory of Music, where he studied harmony, counterpoint and piano. He was awarded the first piano prize in 1916. Jaubert left for Paris and studied law and literature at the Sorbonne. When he returned to his native town in 1919, he was the youngest lawyer in France. His first compositions date from this period but soon after he undertook his military service and became an officer in engineering. Demobilized in 1922, Jaubert decided to give up law practice and devote all his time to music. The next year, he completed his musical education in Paris with Albert Groz, while undertaking a variety of music related jobs such as proof correction and checking Pleyela rolls. Jaubert's compositions in the early 1920s include songs, piano pieces, chamber music, and divertissements. He wrote his first stage music in 1925 for a play by Calderón, Le Magicien prodigieux, using the Pleyela, a revolutionary player piano at the time. He was then hired by Pleyel to record rolls on the Pleyela. Indeed, Jaubert was always attracted by technical innovations that could serve his artistic aspirations. While working on this play, he met a young soprano, Marthe Bréga, who would sing most of his vocal compositions. They married in 1926, with Maurice Ravel as Jaubert's best man. They had a daughter, Françoise, in 1927. His 'poème chorégraphique' Le Jour was premiered by the Orchestre Symphonique de Paris under Pierre Monteux in 1931, while a Suite française was premiered by Vladimir Golschmann in St Louis the following year. His music was written in a style of clarity, frankness and freedom, in which he did not seek novelty for the sake of it and in which his spontaneity is not weighed down by pedantic formulas. His writings comprise articles and lectures, as well as a large number of letters that capture his political opinions. how he viewed his times, and his musical tastes (for example, he was a strong supporter of Kurt Weill when that composer was widely misunderstood). In 1929, while pursuing his work for the concert hall and the stage, Maurice Jaubert began writing and conducting for cinema. He collaborated with prominent directors such as Alberto Cavalcanti (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), Jean Vigo (Zero for Conduct and L'Atalante), René Clair Quatorze Juillet and Le Dernier Milliardaire, Julien Duvivier (Carnet de bal and La Fin du Jour, Marcel Carné’s Drôle de drame, Hôtel du Nord, Quai des brumes (Port of Shadows), and Le Jour se lève (Daybreak) and Henri Storck’s Belgian documentaries. ... Source: Article "Maurice Jaubert" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title: Maurice Jaubert
  • Popularity: 0.204
  • Known For: Sound
  • Birthday: 1900-01-03
  • Place of Birth: Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
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Maurice Jaubert Movies

  • 1941
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    Night in December

    Night in December

    5 1941 HD

    In 1919, Pierre Darmont, a handsome, much-loved piano virtuoso, falls in love with Anne Morris, a young woman who shares his tender feelings. But,...

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  • 1934
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    L'île de Pâques

    L'île de Pâques

    1 1934 HD

    The first Easter Island documentary, filmed in 1935 when the Belgian naval ship Mercator came to collect Drs. Henri Lavacherry and Alfred...

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  • 1977
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    The Man Who Loved Women

    The Man Who Loved Women

    7.2 1977 HD

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  • 1976
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    Small Change

    Small Change

    7.143 1976 HD

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  • 1933
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    Zero for Conduct

    Zero for Conduct

    6.899 1933 HD

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  • 1938
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    Port of Shadows

    Port of Shadows

    7.427 1938 HD

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  • 1934
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    L'Atalante

    L'Atalante

    7.501 1934 HD

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  • 1933
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    July 14

    July 14

    6.571 1933 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Story of Adele H.

    The Story of Adele H.

    6.9 1975 HD

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  • 1930
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    Caprelles et Pantopodes

    Caprelles et Pantopodes

    7 1930 HD

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  • 2012
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    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

    Cinéastes de notre temps : Jean Vigo

    7.3 2012 HD

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  • 1978
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    The Green Room

    The Green Room

    6.5 1978 HD

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  • 1939
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    Daybreak

    Daybreak

    7.6 1939 HD

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  • 1938
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    Hôtel du Nord

    Hôtel du Nord

    7.212 1938 HD

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  • 1937
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    Bizarre, Bizarre

    Bizarre, Bizarre

    6.9 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Bluebeard

    Bluebeard

    6 1936 HD

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  • 1934
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    Obsession

    Obsession

    1 1934 HD

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  • 1930
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    Little Red Riding Hood

    Little Red Riding Hood

    1 1930 HD

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  • 1932
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    It's in the Bag

    It's in the Bag

    7 1932 HD

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  • 1931
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    Ostend, Queen of Seaside Resorts

    Ostend, Queen of Seaside Resorts

    1 1931 HD

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  • 1929
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    Hyas and Stenorhynchus

    Hyas and Stenorhynchus

    5.9 1929 HD

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  • 1934
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    L'île de Pâques

    L'île de Pâques

    1 1934 HD

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  • 2001
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    In Praise of Love

    In Praise of Love

    6.4 2001 HD

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  • 1937
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    Life Dances On

    Life Dances On

    7 1937 HD

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  • 1990
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    One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train

    One Hundred Children Waiting for a Train

    7.4 1990 HD

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  • 1939
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    Violons d'Ingres

    Violons d'Ingres

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Mayerling

    Mayerling

    6.6 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Parisian Life

    Parisian Life

    1 1935 HD

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