Aubertine Woodward Moore

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Aubertine Woodward Moore

1841–1929

A gifted musician, translator, and writer, she built a life around bringing music and literature closer to everyday readers. Best remembered for books like For My Musical Friend and For Every Music Lover, she also helped pioneer illustrated talks about music.

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For Every Music Lover

For Every Music Lover

by Aubertine Woodward Moore

About the author

Born in 1841, Aubertine Woodward Moore became known as a musician, author, and translator with a deep love of music. Historic Madison describes her as a pioneer of the illustrated musical talk, and notes that she had been recognized for musical talent from childhood.

She lived in Madison, Wisconsin, from 1879 and worked as music critic for the Wisconsin State Journal from 1900 to 1911 under the name Auber Forestier. Alongside her criticism, she translated novels from French, German, and Scandinavian languages and wrote books for general readers, including For My Musical Friend (1901) and For Every Music Lover (1902).

Accounts of her life also place her among notable literary and musical circles, with connections to figures such as Ole Bull, the Hawthorne family, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Julia Ward Howe, Jenny Lind, and Walt Whitman. She died in 1929, leaving behind work that reflects both wide learning and a gift for making music feel vivid and approachable.