Georges Auric
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- February 15, 1899
- Died
- July 23, 1983 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Lodève, Hérault, France
Biography
Georges Auric (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. Georges Auric began his musical career at a young age, performing a piano recital at the Société musicale indépendante at the age of 14. Several songs that he had written were then performed in the following year by Société Nationale de Musique. Along with his early successes professionally, Auric studied music at the Paris Conservatoire, as well as composition with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and Albert Roussel. Having gained recognition as a child prodigy both in composition and piano performance, he became a protégé of Erik Satie during the following decade. During the 1910s and 20s, he was a significant contributor of avant-garde music in Paris and was significantly influenced by Cocteau and the other composers of Les Six. Auric's early compositions were marked by a reaction against the musical establishment and the use of referential material. Because of this and his association with Cocteau and Satie, Auric was grouped into Les Six by music critic Henri Collet, and was friends with the artist Jean Hugo. His participation led to writing settings of poetry and other texts as songs and musicals. Along with the other five composers, he contributed a piece to L'Album des Six. In 1921, Cocteau asked him to write the music for his ballet, Les Mariés de la tour Eiffel. He found himself short of time, so he asked his fellow composers of Les Six to contribute some music. All except Louis Durey agreed. During this time, he wrote his one-act opera Sous le masque (1927) (an earlier opera, La Reine de coeur (1919), is lost). It was also in 1927 that he contributed the Rondeau for the children's ballet L'Éventail de Jeanne, a collaboration between ten French composers. In 1952 he participated in yet another collaboration, the set of orchestral variations La Guirlande de Campra. Les Six, though an informal and short-lived group, became known for its reaction against the musical establishment of the time and the promotion of absurdism and satire; the group rebelled similarly against Wagner as it did against Debussy. The music of these composers, including Auric, represented the specific cultural scene of Paris at the time and rejected the international styles brought by Russian and German music, as well as the impressionism and symbolism of Debussy. Auric's later development as a populist composer was prefigured by many of the techniques and ideals of Les Six, especially the use of popular music and situations. Music of the circus or the dance hall played a significant role in the music of Les Six, especially in their actual collaborations. However, Les Six soon drew apart, with Auric and others taking different approaches to their art. ... Source: Article "Georges Auric" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
The Christmas Tree
Movie · Original Music Composer
Therese and Isabelle
Movie · Original Music Composer
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Âge heureux
Movie · Music
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Movie · Original Music Composer
Thomas the Impostor
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mind Benders
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Burning Court
Movie · Original Music Composer
Midnight Meeting
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bells Without Joy
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Crumblers Are Doing Well
Movie · Music
Bridge to the Sun
Movie · Original Music Composer
Goodbye Again
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Innocents
Movie · Original Music Composer
Testament of Orpheus
Movie · Music
The Journey
Movie · Music
SOS Pacific
Movie · Original Music Composer
Bonjour Tristesse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Christine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Next to No Time
Movie · Music
The Night Heaven Fell
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Witches of Salem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Movie · Original Music Composer
He Who Must Die
Movie · Music
Walk Into Paradise
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · Original Music Composer
Gervaise
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mystery of Picasso
Movie · Music
Bold Adventure
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rififi
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Bespoke Overcoat
Movie · Music
Abdullah's Harem
Movie · Music
Chéri-Bibi
Movie · Music
Lola Montès
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Good Die Young
Movie · Original Music Composer
Flesh and Desire
Movie · Music
Father Brown
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Divided Heart
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Wages of Fear
Movie · Original Music Composer, Music Director
Roman Holiday
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Slave
Movie · Music
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Movie · Original Music Composer
Moulin Rouge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Leathernose
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Respectful Prostitute
Movie · Original Music Composer
Holiday for Henrietta
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Galloping Major
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dear Caroline
Movie · Music
The Lavender Hill Mob
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orpheus
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Century Is Fifty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cage of Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Silent Dust
Movie · Music
Maya
Movie · Original Music Composer
Passport to Pimlico
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Queen of Spades
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Spider and the Fly
Movie · Original Music Composer
Daughter of the Sands
Movie · Music
Another Shore
Movie · Music
Corridor of Mirrors
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Eagle with Two Heads
Movie · Music
The Storm Within
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Queen's Lover
Movie · Original Music Composer
It Always Rains on Sunday
Movie · Original Music Composer
Hue and Cry
Movie · Music
The Chips Are Down
Movie · Music
Beauty and the Beast
Movie · Original Music Composer
Caesar and Cleopatra
Movie · Original Music Composer
Pastoral Symphony
Movie · Original Music Composer
Dead of Night
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Eternal Return
Movie · Music
Gambling Hell
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'assassin a peur la nuit
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Mode rêvée
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Curtain Rises
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lafarge Case
Movie · Original Music Composer
Orage
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Messenger
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Danseuse rouge
Movie · Original Music Composer
Under Western Eyes
Movie · Music
Mysteries of Paris
Movie · Music Director
Ladies Lake
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Blood of a Poet
Movie · Original Music Composer
À Nous la Liberté
Movie · Original Music Composer