thumb|right|georges auric georges auric (; 15 february 1899 â 23 july 1983) was a french composer, born in lodÃ¨ve, hÃ©rault. he was considered one of les six, a group of artists informally associated with jean cocteau and erik satie.vera raÅ¡Ã­n, "'les six' and jean cocteau," music & letters 38, no. 2 (apr. 1957): 164. before he turned 20 he had orchestrated and written incidental music for several ballets and stage productions. he also had a distinguished career as a film composer. ==early life and education== georges auric began his musical career at a young age, performing a piano recital at the sociÃ©tÃ© musicale indÃ©pendante at the age of 14. several songs that he had written were then performed in the following year by sociÃ©tÃ© nationale de musique.roust, "reaching a plus grand public: georges auric as populist," the musical quarterly 95 (2012): 343. along with his early successes professionally, auric studied music at the paris conservatoire, as well as composition with vincent d'indy at the schola cantorum de paris and albert roussel."auric, georges (1899-1983)," british film institute, accessed october 12, 2013, http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/840536/roust, "reachingâ¦," 343. having gained recognition as a child prodigy both in composition and piano performance, he became a protÃ©gÃ© of erik satie during the following decade. during the 1910s and â20s, he was a significant contributor of avant-garde music in paris and was significantly influenced by cocteau and the other composers of les six.roust, "reachingâ¦," 344. ==career== auric's early compositions were marked by a reaction against the musical establishment and the use of referential material. because of this and his association with cocteau and satie, auric was grouped into les six by music critic henri collet, and was friends with the artist jean hugo. his participation led to writing settings of poetry and other texts as songs and musicals. along with the other five composers, he contributed a piece to l'album des six. in 1921, cocteau asked him to write the music for his ballet, les mariÃ©s de la tour eiffel. he found himself short of time, so he asked his fellow composers of les six to contribute some music. all except louis durey agreed. during this time, he wrote his one-act opera sous le masque (1927) (an earlier opera, la reine de coeur (1919), is lost). it was also in 1927 that he contributed the rondeau for the children's ballet l'Ã©ventail de jeanne, a collaboration between ten french composers. in 1952 he participated in yet another collaboration, the set of orchestral variations la guirlande de campra. les six, though an informal and short-lived group, became known for its reaction against the musical establishment of the time and t
1899_births 1983_deaths 20th-century_classical_composers Ballet_composers Burials_at_Montparnasse_Cemetery Conservatoire_de_Paris_alumni French_classical_composers French_film_score_composers Les_Six Opera_composers Schola_Cantorum_de_Paris_alumni