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Georges Auric

1899 - 1983

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Auric is the 317th most popular composer (down from 270th in 2019), the 1,336th most popular biography from France (down from 1,239th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Composer.

Georges Auric is most famous for his contributions to French music, such as his orchestration of the opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Claude Debussy.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georges Auric ranks 317 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Mattheson, Cipriano de Rore, Johann Kuhnau, Charles Ives, Thomas Tallis, and Pietro Della Valle. After him are Johann Georg Pisendel, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Sigismond Thalberg, Johan Halvorsen, and Alberto Ginastera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Georges Auric ranks 49. After him are Charles Boyer, Henri Michaux, P. L. Travers, Louis Hjelmslev, Lao She, Lev Kuleshov, Andrei Platonov, Alma Reville, Fritz Bayerlein, Brassaï, Ludwig Guttmann, and Nadezhda Mandelstam. Among people deceased in 1983, Georges Auric ranks 42. Before him are George Balanchine, Vladimir Gelfand, Klaus Nomi, Maurice Ronet, Muddy Waters, and Rodolfo Gucci. After him are Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Alberto Ginastera, Robert Aldrich, Horst Schumann, and Germaine Tailleferre.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Auric ranks 1,336 out of 6,770. Before him are Comtessa de Dia (1175), Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (1165), Jean Bart (1650), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), François Fillon (1954), and Jean de Joinville (1224). After him are Odo the Great (650), Georges Duby (1919), James Tissot (1836), Charles III, Duke of Lorraine (1543), Michel Butor (1926), and Thomas, Count of Savoy (1178).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Georges Auric ranks 50. Before him are Vincent d'Indy (1851), Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), and Gustave Charpentier (1860). After him are André Campra (1660), Clément Janequin (1485), Germaine Tailleferre (1892), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), and Louis Marchand (1669).

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