Philippe Gaubert - Romance for Flute and Piano, edited by Ervin Monroe. Philippe Gaubert (1879–1941) was a distinguished French flutist, composer, conductor, and teacher who studied with the great flutist Paul Taffanel and eventually became professor of flute at the Paris Conservatoire and conductor of the Paris Opera. This Romance for flute and piano shows Gaubert’s proficiency in the use of chromatic harmony, while equally displaying the beauty of his expressive writing.