Georges Auric
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French composer
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1899
- Died
- 1983
- Works
- 23
Top works
- Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Jacques Ibert (1890-1962)
- Trois impromptus pour piano
- Sonata for violin and piano
- Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon
- Album des Six
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1899-02-15
- Active to
- 1983-07-23
Discography
- 19241989
- Werke für Violine und Klavier1993
- Satie: Parade / Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit / Auric: Ouverture / Françaix: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra / Fetler: Contrasts for Orchestra1994
- Milhaud: Double Piano Concerto / Symphonic Suite no. 2 (Protee) / Suite provençale (five movements) / Auric-Poulenc-Tailleferre-Honegger-Milhaud: Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel1996
- 20th Century French Wind Trios1998
- Trios d'anches1999
- The Film Music of Georges Auric1999
- Mélodies1999
- Phèdre / Le peintre et son modèle2005
- Les Ballets Russes, Vol. 7: Auric: Les Fâcheux / La Pastorale2010
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- 16,949
- Total plays
- 65,240
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Georges Auric (February 15, 1899 – July 23, 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He was a child prodigy and at age 15 he had his first compositions published. Before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. As a young student of at the Paris Conservatory in 1920, and, considered avant-garde, Auric became part of Satie and Cocteau’s famous group, Les Six. <a href="https://www.last.fm/mu
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1899-02-15 ) 15 February 1899, Lodève , Hérault , France
- Died
- 23 July 1983 (1983-07-23) (aged 84), Paris, France
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- Georges Auric 1940.jpg
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- Georges Auric
- date of birth
- 1899-02-15
- date of death
- 1983-07-23
- name in native language
- Georges Auric
- birth name
- Georges Abel Louis Auric
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Georges Auric ( French: [ʒɔʁʒ ɔʁik]; 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. He also had a long and distinguished career as a film composer.
Early life and education