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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.
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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 Vadrouille de ...
Composer: The Wages of Fear. At the least George Auric was a fine musician, having been a child prodigy, but he was much more in the musical world. He studied under Vincent D'Indy (a devotee of Cesar Franck and the German school of symphonic composition) and attended the Paris Conservatory (1920).
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- Lodève, Hérault, France
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- Paris, France
Georges Auric. Composer: The Wages of Fear. At the least George Auric was a fine musician, having been a child prodigy, but he was much more in the musical world.
- February 15, 1899
- July 23, 1983
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.
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Jul 24, 1983 · Georges Auric, a composer for more than 60 French films, died today at his Paris apartment, friends of the family announced. He was 84 years old. Mr. Auric was among France's best-known...
