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Georges Auric

composer

From: Lodève, France
Active: 1899–1983
Releases: 24

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About

Georges Abel Louis Auric (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ɔʁik]; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer. After studying at the music college in Montpellier he was for a time a protégé of Erik Satie, who later renounced him. He became one of Les Six, a group of composers informally associated with Jean Cocteau. Before he turned twenty he had written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions.

Auric's early compositions were avant garde in nature, but in the 1930s he became convinced that it was a composer's duty to appeal to the broad musical public, and his style became more populist.
In addition to his works for the concert hall and the musical theatre, Auric had a long career as a film composer, writing scores for French, American and British films. In his later years he became a musical administrator, in charge of both the major opera houses in Paris.

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