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Georges Auric (1899-1983)

Georges Auric composerGeorges Auric was a member of the celebrated rebellious group of French composers known as Les Six (the others were: Darius Milhaud, Francois Poulenc, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre). Under the influence of Jean Cocteau and Eric Satie, they achieved notoriety for their advanced ideas. Honegger and Auric were prolific writers of screen music, mainly for the French cinema. In a forty-year film career, Auric composed well over a hundred French film scores and in the latter part of his career scored a succession of big-budget, pan-European co-productions aimed, presumably at the American market.
-  Rob Barnett, Music Web International

Auric's style is very much in the classical tradition, his formal musical education being quite evident, and the orchestration frequently transparent using only a handful of instruments. He was particularly adept at spanning the entire breadth of a symphony orchestra in the space of a minutes using combinations of only 2 or 3 instruments at a time. While his comedy scores are necessarily lighter in nature, he also created some darker more complex scores.
-  mfiles.co.uk

COMPOSITIONS                                        Auric Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre     ~ ~ ~     Film Scores
for complete list of film scores see Film Scores
L'apres-midi dans un pare, piano (1914)
3 Interludes, voice and piano (1914)
Prelude, piano (1919) [for Album des six]
8 Poemes, voice and piano (1919)
3 Pastorales, piano (1919-20)
Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel, ballet (1920) [collab. 'Les Six']
Les Joues en Feu, voice and piano (1920)
Ouverture du 14 juillet, orchestra (1921) [from ballet Les maries de la tour Eiffe]
Ritournelle, orchestra (1921) [from Les maries de la tour Eiffel]
Adieu New-York, piano (1921)
Sonatine, G, piano (1922)
Alphabet, voice and piano (1922)
Les Fâcheux, incidental music (1922)
Les Fâcheux, ballet (1923) [based on incidental music]
Les Matelots, ballet (1924)
Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre, incidental music (1924)
Suite, 6 instruments (1924) [from Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre]
Fanfare, wind band (1924)
Pastorale, ballet (1925)
La Femme Silencieuse, incidental music (1925)
Le Dompteur, incidental music (1925)
5 Bagatelles, piano 4-hands (1925) [from La Femme Silencieuse and Le Dompteur]
5 Poemes, voice and piano (1925)
Le Mariage de Monsieur le Trouhadec, incidental music (1925)
2 Romances, voice and piano (1926)
Vocalise, voice and piano (1926)
Sous le Masque, opera (1927)
Aria, flute and piano (1927; rev. 1976)                                                                                          ~ top of page ~
Petite suite, piano (1927)
3 Caprices, voice and piano ( 1927)
4 Poemes, voice and piano (1927)
Volpone, incidental music (1927)
Les Enchantements de la Fee d'Alcine, ballet (1928)
Rondeau, ballet (1928) [for L'eventail de Jeanne]
Les Oiseaux (after Aristophanes), incidental music (1928; rev. 1966)
5 Chansons, voice and piano (1929)
Sonata, F, piano (1930-31)
La Concurrence, ballet (1931)
Le Quatorze Juillet, incidental music (1931)
Les Imaginaires, ballet (1933)
3 Morceaux, piano (1934) [from Lac-aux-dames]
Margot, incidental music (1935)
Printemps, voice and piano (1935) [from Margot]
Sonata, G, violin and paino (1936)
La Seine, un matin ... , piano (1937) [from A l'exposition; collab. Delannoy, Ibert, Milhaud, Poulenc, Sauguet, Schmitt, Tailleferre]
La Seine, un matin ... ,orchestra (1937)
Overture, orchestra (1938)
Trio, D, oboe, clarinet and bassoon ( 1938)
5 Chansons francaises, chorus (1940)
3 Impromptus, piano (1940)
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1940)
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1940)
6 Poemes, voice and piano ( 1940-41)                                                                                          ~ top of page ~
9 Short Pieces, piano (1941)
4 Chants de la France Malheureuse, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1943)
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1945-46)
La Fontaine de Jouvence, ballet (1946)
Quadrille, ballet (1946)
Impromptu, oboe and piano (1946)
Danse francaise, piano (1946)
Impromptu, d, piano (1946)
Le Peintre et son modele, ballet (1948)
Phèdre, ballet (1949)
Valse, 2 pianos (1949)
Chemin de lumiere, ballet (1951)
Ecossaise, orchestra ( 1952) [for La Guirlande de Campra]
La Chambre, ballet (1954)
Partita, 2 pianos (1953-55)
ML (Allegro final), orchestra (1956) [Variations sur]e nom de Marguerite Long]
Le Bal des voleurs, ballet (1960)
2 Poemes, voice and piano (1965)
Imaginées I, flute and piano (1968)
Imaginées II, cello and piano (1969)
Double-jeux I-III, 2 pianos (1970-71)
Imaginées III, clarinet and piano (1971)
Imaginées IV (onomatopeia), voice and piano (1975)
Imaginées V, piano (1976)
Imaginées VI, voice (or oboe) and ensemble (1976)


WORKS BY GENRE                                        Auric Links     ~ ~ ~     Film Scores     ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Les Maries de la Tour Eiffel, ballet (1920) [collab. 'Les Six']
Les Fâcheux, ballet (1923) [based on incidental music]
Les Matelots, ballet (1924)
Pastorale, ballet (1925)
Sous le Masque, opera (1927)
Les Enchantements de la Fee d'Alcine, ballet (1928)
Rondeau, ballet (1928) [for L'eventail de Jeanne]
La Concurrence, ballet (1931)
Les Imaginaires, ballet (1933)
La Fontaine de Jouvence, ballet (1946)
Quadrille, ballet (1946)
Le Peintre et son modele, ballet (1948)
Phèdre, ballet (1949)
Chemin de lumiere, ballet (1951)
La Chambre, ballet (1954)
Le Bal des voleurs, ballet (1960)

Orchestra
Ouverture du 14 juillet, orchestra (1921) [from ballet Les maries de la tour Eiffe]
Ritournelle, orchestra (1921) [from Les maries de la tour Eiffel]
La Seine, un matin ... ,orchestra (1937)
Overture, orchestra (1938)
Phedre, ballet suite, orchestra ( 1949)
Chemin de lumiere, ballet suite, orchestra (1951)
Ecossaise, orchestra ( 1952) [for La Guirlande de Campra]
ML (Allegro final), orchestra (1956) [Variations sur]e nom de Marguerite Long]

Band
Fanfare, wind band (1924)
                                                                                                                                                              ~ top of page ~
Choral
5 Chansons francaises, chorus (1940)

Chamber
Suite, 6 instruments (1924) [from Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre]
Trio, D, oboe, clarinet and bassoon ( 1938)
Imaginées VI, oboe (or voice) and ensemble (1976)

Solo Instrument
Aria, flute and piano (1927; rev. 1976)
Sonata, G, violin and paino (1936)
Impromptu, oboe and piano (1946)
Imaginées I, flute and piano (1968)
Imaginées II, cello and piano (1969)
Imaginées III, clarinet and piano (1971)

Piano
L'apres-midi dans un pare, piano (1914)
Prelude, piano (1919) [for Album des six]
3 Pastorales, piano (1919-20)
Adieu New-York, piano (1921)
Sonatine, G, piano (1922)
5 Bagatelles, piano 4-hands (1925) [from La Femme Silencieuse and Le Dompteur]
Petite suite, piano (1927)
Sonata, F, piano (1930-31)
3 Morceaux, piano (1934) [from Lac-aux-dames]
La Seine, un matin ... , piano (1937) [from A l'exposition; collab. Delannoy, Ibert, Milhaud, Poulenc, Sauguet, Schmitt, Tailleferre]
3 Impromptus, piano (1940)
9 Short Pieces, piano (1941)
Danse francaise, piano (1946)
Impromptu, d, piano (1946)                                                                                                             ~ top of page ~
Valse, 2 pianos (1949)
Partita, 2 pianos (1953-55)
Double-jeux I-III, 2 pianos (1970-71)
Imaginées V, piano (1976)

Vocal
3 Interludes, voice and piano (1914)
8 Poemes, voice and piano (1919)
Les Joues en Feu, voice and piano (1920)
Alphabet, voice and piano (1922)
5 Poemes, voice and piano (1925)
2 Romances, voice and piano (1926)
Vocalise, voice and piano (1926)
3 Caprices, voice and piano ( 1927)
4 Poemes, voice and piano (1927)
5 Chansons, voice and piano (1929)
Printemps, voice and piano (1935) [from Margot]
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1940)
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1940)
6 Poemes, voice and piano ( 1940-41)
4 Chants de la France Malheureuse, mezzo-soprano and orchestra (1943)
3 Poemes, voice and piano (1945-46)
2 Poemes, voice and piano (1965)
Imaginées IV (onomatopeia), voice and piano (1975)
Imaginées VI, voice (or oboe) and ensemble (1976)

Incidental Music                                                                                                                               ~ top of page ~
Les Fâcheux, incidental music (1922)
Marlborough s'en va-t-en guerre, incidental music (1924)
La Femme Silencieuse, incidental music (1925)
Le Dompteur, incidental music (1925)
Le Mariage de Monsieur le Trouhadec, incidental music (1925)
Volpone, incidental music (1927)
Les Oiseaux (after Aristophanes), incidental music (1928; rev. 1966)
Le Quatorze Juillet, incidental music (1931)
Margot, incidental music (1935)

Film Scores - Complete                                        Auric Links     ~ ~ ~     Works by Genre     ~ top of page ~
Sang d'un poète, Le (The Blood of a Poet), film score (1930)
À nous la liberté (Liberty for Us), film score (1931)
Lac aux dames (Ladies Lake), film score (1934)
Les Mystères de Paris (Mysteries of Paris), film score (1935)
Sous les yeux d'occident, film score (1936)
La Danseuse rouge, film score (1937)
Un déjeuner de soleil (A Picnic on the Grass), film score (1937)
Tamara la complaisante, film score (1937)
Le Messager (The Messenger), film score (1937)
Gribouille, film score (1937)
L'Alibi, film score (1937)
De l'Or, film score (1937) [advertising film for Huilor]
Rayon vert, film score (1937) [advertising film for Huilor]
La Vie d'un homme, film score (1938)
Son oncle de Normandie, film score (1938)
Huilor, film score (1938)
Trois minutes - les saisons, film score (1938)
Les Oranges de Jaffa, film score (1938)
La Rue sans joie (Street Without Joy), film score (1938)
L'Affaire Lafarge (The Lafarge Case), film score (1938)
Orage, film score (1938)
Entrée des artistes (The Curtain Rises), film score (1938)
La Mode rêvée, film score (1939)
Le Corsaire, film score (1939)
De la ferraille à l'acier victorieux, film score (1940)
Opéra-Musette, film score (1942)                                                                                                    ~ top of page ~
Macao, l'enfer du jeu (Gambling Hell/Mask of Korea), film score (1942)
L'Assassin a peur la nuit, film score (1942)
Monsieur La Souris (Midnight in Paris), film score (1942)
Les Petits riens (Small Kidneys), film score (1942)
La Belle aventure (Twilight), film score (1942)
L'Éternel retour (The Eternal Return), film score (1943)
Le Bossu, film score (1944)
Farandole, film score (1945)
François Villon, film score (1945)
Dead of Night, film score (1945)
La Part de l'ombre (Blind Desire), film score (1945)
Caesar and Cleopatra, film score (1945)
La Symphonie pastorale, film score (1946)
La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast), film score (1946)
La Rose et la réséda, film score (1947)
Hue and Cry, film score (1947)
Torrents, film score (1947)
Les Jeux sont faits (The Chips Are Down), film score (1947)
It Always Rains on Sunday, film score (1947)
Kermesse fantastique, film score (1948) (as George Auric)
La Septième porte, film score (1948)                                                                                            ~ top of page ~
Ruy Blas, film score (1948)
Corridor of Mirrors, film score (1948)
L'Aigle à deux têtes (The Eagle with Two Heads), film score (1948)
Aux yeux du souvenir (Souvenir), film score (1948)
Another Shore, film score (1948)
Les Parents terribles (The Storm Within), film score (1948)
The Spider and the Fly, film score (1949)
Silent Dust, film score (1949)
The Queen of Spades, film score (1949)
Passport to Pimlico, film score (1949)
Les Noces de sable (Daughter of the Sands), film score (1949)
Maya, film score (1949)
Orphée, film score (1950)
Ce siècle a cinquante ans (Days of Our Years), film score (1950)
Cage of Gold, film score (1950)
Caroline chérie (Dear Caroline), film score (1951)
The Galloping Major, film score (1951)
Les Amants de Bras-Mort (The Lovers of Bras-Mort), film score (1951)
The Lavender Hill Mob, film score (1951)
Nez de cuir (Leathernose), film score (1952)
La Putain respectueuse (The Respectful Prostitute), film score (1952)
Moulin Rouge, film score (1952)
La fenetre ouverte, film score (1952)
The Titfield Thunderbolt, film score (1953)
Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear), film score (1953)
Roman Holiday, film score (1953)
L'Esclave (The Slave), film score (1953)
The Good Die Young, film score (1954)
Father Brown (The Detective), film score (1954)
La Chair et le diable (Flesh and Desire), film score (1954)
The Divided Heart, film score (1954)                                                                                       ~ top of page ~
Du rififi chez les hommes (Rififi), film score (1955)
Chéri-Bibi, film score (1955)
Nagana, film score (1955)
Abdulla the Great (Abdullah's Harem), film score (1955)
Les Hussards (Cavalrymen), film score (1955)
Lola Montès (The Sins of Lola Montes), film score (1955)
Le Mystère Picasso (The Mystery of Picasso), film score (1956)
Walk Into Paradise (Walk Into Hell), film score (1956)
Gervaise, film score (1956)
The Bespoke Overcoat, film score (1956)
Les Aventures de Till L'Espiègle (Till Eulenspiegel), film score (1956)
Notre Dame de Paris (Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), film score (1956)
L'odyssee du Capitaine Steve, film score (1956)
Dangerous Exile, film score (1957)
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, film score (1957)
Les Sorcières de Salem (The Witches of Salem), film score (1957)
Celui qui doit mourir (He Who Must Die), film score (1957)
The Story of Esther Costello (The Golden Virgin), film score (1957)
Les Espions (The Spies), film score (1957)
Bonjour tristesse, film score (1958)
Les Bijoutiers du clair de lune (The Night Heaven Fell), film score (1958)
Next to No Time, film score (1958)
Christine, film score (1958)
The Journey, film score (1959)                                                                                                     ~ top of page ~
S.O.S. Pacific, film score (1959)
Le Testament d'Orphée, ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi! (The Testament of Orpheus), film score (1960)
Sergeant X of the Foreign Legion, film score (1960)
Schlußakkord, film score (1960)
Le Rendez-vous de minuit (Rendezvous at Midnight), film score (1961)
La Princesse de Clèves (Princess of Cleves), film score (1961)
Goodbye Again (Aimez-vous, Brahms?), film score (1961)
Bridge to the Sun, film score (1961)
Les Croulants se portent bien, film score (1961)
The Innocents, film score (1961)
La Chambre ardente (The Burning Court/The Curse and the Coffin), film score (1962)
Carillons sans joie (Bells Without Joy), film score (1962)
The Mind Benders, film score (1962)
The Kremlin (The Jarvis Collection: The Kremlin), t.v. score (1963)
Thomas l'imposteur (Thomas the Impostor), film score (1964)
Marc et Sylvie, t.v. series score (1965)
La Communale (Public School), film score (1965)
La Sentinelle endormie (The Sleeping Sentinel) (1966)
L'Âge heureux, t.v. series score (1966)
Poppies Are Also Flowers (Danger Grows Wild/The Opium Connection/The Poppy Is Also a Flower), film score (1966)
La Grande vadrouille (Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot at), film score (1966)
Therese and Isabelle, film score (1968)
Le Trésor des Hollandais, t.v. series score (1969)
L'Arbre de Noël (The Christmas Tree/When Wolves Cry), film score (1969)
Les Zingari, t.v. series score (1975)
Volpone, t.v. episode score (1978)
Au théâtre ce soir, t.v. score (1 episode, 1978)


AURIC LINKS                                        Works by Genre     ~ ~ ~     Film Scores     ~ top of page ~
Auric and His Relationship to Ravel (@ Maurice Ravel frontispice)
Film: Goodbye, Again (Jeff Eldridge, Film Score Monthly)
Films: Georges Auric, Film Music, Vol. 4 (Steven A. Kennedy, Film Score Monthly)
Films: Georges Auric, Film Music, Vol. 4 (Ian Lace, Music Web International)
In memoriam: Georges Auric (Colin, J'habite à Paris!)
Joyful and Joyless for the Masses: Georges Auric’s Music for La Rue sans joie (1938)  (Colin Roust, Univ. of Michigan)

Auric @ Wikipedia
Auric @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Auric @ Film Reference
Auric @ Find a Grave
Auric @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Auric @ Karadar Classical Music
Auric @ Lenin Imports
Auric @ mfiles
Auric @ MSN Encarta
Auric @ The New York Times
Auric @ Ref~musicologie (translated from the original french)
Auric @ screenonline

Streaming Audio
Auric @ Classical Musical Midi Page
Auric @ last.fm
Auric @ Rhapsody

Recordings
Auric @ ArkivMusic
Auric @ audiophilia    -    La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast)
Auric @ classicsonline
Auric @ Music Web International    -    Phèdre    and     Film Music of Georges Auric

Auric @ YouTube                                                                                                                            ~ top of page ~

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