French poetic realism and Les Six

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

French poetic realism and Les Six · In France, concert composers turned to film early on. Arthur Honegger wrote music in 1923 for La roue by Abel Gance. In the 1930s poetic realism emerged: sombre films about ordinary people, often with screenplays by Jacques Prévert. Maurice Jaubert wrote the music for L'Atalante (1934) and Le quai des brumes (1938). He believed that film music should not double the image, but add a poetic layer of its own to it. Georges Auric, a member of the composers' group Les Six, wrote the music for Jean Cocteau's La belle et la bête (1946). The sound is clear and light, with waltzes, chansons and small ensembles.

Listening

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  L'Atalante · Maurice Jaubert, 1934
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  La Belle et La Bete : Generique musique · Georges Auric, 1946
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  Le quai des brumes · Maurice Jaubert, 1938

In School of Rock

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See also

• Erik Satie
• Germaine Tailleferre
• Film d'Art: the first original film score
• Nouvelle vague