Georges Auric Death
Georges passed away on July 23, 1983 at the age of 84 in Paris,France. Georges's cause of death was natural causes.
When did Georges Auric die?
July 23, 1983How did Georges Auric die? What was the cause of death?
Natural causesHow old was Georges Auric when died?
84Where did Georges Auric die? What was the location of death?
Paris,France
Georges Auric Birthday and Date of Death
Georges Auric was born on February 15, 1899 and died on July 23, 1983. Georges was 84 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: February 15, 1899
Date of Death: July 23, 1983
Age at Death: 84
Georges Auric - Biography
Georges Auric (15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault. 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 distinguished career as a film composer.
Following his early successes as an avant-garde composer, Auric went through a transitional period during the 1930s. He began writing for film in 1930 and composed the music for A Nous, la Liberté! in 1931, which was well received. The film itself was criticized for supposed communist or anarchist themes, but there was general approval of Auric's score for the film.
Music criticism was another major facet of Auric's career. His criticism was focused on promoting the ideals of Les Six and Cocteau, known as esprit nouveau. Specifically, his criticism focused on the perceived pretentiousness of Debussy, Wagner, Saint-Saëns, and Massenet, as well as the music of those who followed their styles. Cocteau, Les Six, and Auric found the music of those composers to be divorced from reality and instead preferred music that was grounded in populism.
While Auric criticized Satie in the 1920s for joining the French Communist Party, he became associated with several leftist groups and contributed to the communist newspapers Marianne and Paris-Soir in the 1930s. The Association des Ecrivains et des Artistes Révolutionnaires (AEAR) was dedicated to bringing together Soviet and French communist artists to discuss their goals and approaches for disseminating their ideas to the public. It was through this group that Auric met many other far left artists and thinkers. These ideals transferred into Auric's concert music as well as his choices in which movies he scored.
In 1930, Auric married the painter Eleanore Vilter, who died in 1982. Auric died in Paris on 23 July 1983 at the age of 83, and was interred at Montparnasse Cemetery, beside his wife.
