Georges Auric

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Georges Auric was a member of Les Six and a friend of Jean Cocteau. For Cocteau he wrote Le sang d'un poète (1930), La belle et la bête (1946) and Orphée (1950). In La belle et la bête he used choir and orchestra for a fairy-tale, dreamlike sound. After the war Auric was also in demand in England. For the Ealing studios he wrote the music for comedies such as Passport to Pimlico (1949) and The Lavender Hill Mob (1951). There he sounds light, fast and witty. He also wrote for the American film Roman Holiday (1953), which was shot in Rome. In this way he linked the French avant-garde with British popular film.

Listening

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  Générique · Moscow Symphony Orchestra & Adriano, 1946
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  Passport to Pimlico: Titles · BBC Philharmonic & Rumon Gamba, 1949
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  The Lavender Hill Mob: The Eiffel Tower · BBC Philharmonic & Rumon Gamba, 1951
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  La Belle et La Bete : Generique musique · Georges Auric, 1946

Discography

Studio albums

• 1961Goodbye Again (soundtrack)
• 1966Five Miles to Midnight (The 3rd Dimension) (soundtrack)
• 19891924
• 1993Werke für Violine und Klavier
• 1994Satie: Parade / Milhaud: Le Bœuf sur le toit / Auric: Ouverture / Françaix: Concertino for Piano and Orchestra / Fetler: Contrasts for Orchestra
• 1996La Belle et le Bête (soundtrack)
• 1996Milhaud: Double Piano Concerto / Symphonic Suite no. 2 (Protee) / Suite provençale (five movements) / Auric-Poulenc-Tailleferre-Honegger-Milhaud: Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel
• 199820th Century French Wind Trios
• 1999Mélodies
• 1999The Film Music of Georges Auric
• 1999Trios d'anches
• 2005Phèdre / Le peintre et son modèle
• 2010Bonjour tristesse / Gervaise / Christine (soundtrack)
• 2010Les Ballets Russes, Vol. 7: Auric: Les Fâcheux / La Pastorale
• 2016L'Éventail de Jeanne / Ma Mère l'Oye
• 2019Imaginées
• 2024Mélodies & Chansons

Other work

• 1930Le sang d'un poète
• 1946La belle et la bête
• 1949Passport to Pimlico
• 1951The Lavender Hill Mob
• 1953Roman Holiday

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 1^NL Reader
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• French poetic realism and Les Six GenreGeorges Auric, a member of the composers' group Les Six, wrote the music for Jean Cocteau's La belle et la bête (1946).

See also

• French poetic realism and Les Six
• British concert composers (Denham and Ealing)