Member of Aubert family
(b Paris, Dec 15, 1732; d c1810). French writer, dramatist and abbé, son of Jacques Aubert. He may have composed some of the music to his own plays (Jephté ou le voeu, 1765; and La mort d’Abel, 1765), but he is remembered more for his essays on music, the most famous being his reply to J.-J. Rousseau’s controversial ...