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- Living primarily in Hyères in the Zone Libre, the composer collaborated on six film projects throughout 1941–2 before joining the Front National de la Musique, a resistance network.
academic.oup.com/ml/article-abstract/102/4/859/6515925Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics - Oxford Academic
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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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Auric did develop a lively and sympathetic interest in the avant-garde, and he even flirted with serialism. However, his compositional activities gradually slowed as he increasingly took up administrative roles on the French musical scene.
A major figure in French art music, Georges Auric (1899-1983) was the presiding genius of French film composition from the 1930s until the coming of La Nouvelle Vague. Working on French, British and Hollywood films, Auric had a distinct style, often opting to experiment within his practice.
Overview. Born. February 15, 1899 · Lodève, Hérault, France. Died. July 23, 1983 · Paris, France (undisclosed) Birth name. Georges Abel Auric. Mini Bio. 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
Georges Auric was born in 1899 in Lodève, France, to a family of hoteliers. Three years later, his family moved to nearby Montpellier, the principal city of the Languedoc region in southern France. The year 1907 would prove to be transformative for the Aurics.
Quick Reference. (1899–1983) French composer, best known for his ballets and film scores. Born at Lodève, he studied first at the Montpellier Conservatory, then at the Paris Conservatoire (1913) and with Vincent d'Indy at the Schola Cantorum (1914–16).
Georges Auric left behind a complicated story. He was a quintessentially Parisian artist, whose identity was far more deeply invested in the volcanic heart of France, the Puy-de-Dome, and, especially, the verdant mountains and coastal plains of the Midi.
