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Georges Auric

Georges Auric
Born(1899-02-15)15 February 1899
Lodève, Hérault, France
Died23 July 1983(1983-07-23) (aged 84)
Paris, France

Georges Auric (French: [ʒɔʁʒ ɔʁik]; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France.[1] He was considered one of Les Six, a group of artists informally associated with Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie.[2] 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.

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 129. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  2. ^ Vera Rašín, "Les Six' and Jean Cocteau", in: Music & Letters 38, no. 2 (Apr. 1957), p. 164.

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