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Georges Auric (French:; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. He was considered one of Les Six, a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions.
Georges Auric (born Feb. 15, 1899, Lodève, France—died July 24, 1983, Paris) was a French composer best known for his film scores and ballets. In these and other works, he was among those who reacted against the chromatic harmonic language and Symbolist structures of Claude Debussy.
Jan 27, 2022 · After Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, and Germaine Tailleferre, Georges Auric is arguably the fifth most famous member of the group Les Six. Only Louis Durey, about whom much still remains to be uncovered, has fared worse in terms of public visibility, even in his native France.
May 21, 2020 · Although Georges Auric (1899–1983) is best remembered today for his affiliation with the Groupe des Six, his musical career was long, productive, complex, and intimately attuned to the realities of modern life.
Georges Auric est un compositeur français, né le 15 février 1899 à Lodève [1] et mort le 23 juillet 1983 à Paris (8 e) [2]. Compositeur de musiques de films, il est notamment à l'origine de la bande-son de films célèbres tels que La Belle et la Bête de Jean Cocteau , Notre-Dame de Paris de Jean Delannoy et La Grande ...
Georges Auric (1899-1983), born on 15 February 1899 in Lodève, France, was famously included in the group called Les Six by critic Henri Collet in 1920. As a composer, he is probably best known for his ballet and film scores, remaining the only person to have won music prizes at both the Cannes and Venice film festivals.
Apr 16, 2020 · University of Kansas researcher Colin Roust’s new biography, “Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics” (Oxford University Press, 2020) is an attempt to set the record straight. It is the first full-length book on Auric.
