COMPOSER

Georges Auric

1899 - 1983

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Georges Auric (French: [ɔʁik]; 15 February 1899 – 23 July 1983) was a French composer, born in Lodève, Hérault, France. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Auric has received more than 200,933 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Georges Auric is the 270th most popular composer (up from 296th in 2019), the 1,239th most popular biography from France (up from 1,334th in 2019) and the 44th most popular French Composer.

Georges Auric is most famous for his contributions to French music, such as his orchestration of the opera "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Claude Debussy.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Georges Auric ranks 270 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Friedrich Abel, Fromental Halévy, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Hanns Eisler, Engelbert Humperdinck, and Ernst von Dohnányi. After him are Gioseffo Zarlino, Alan Silvestri, Carl Reinecke, Carl Stamitz, Max Steiner, and Riccardo Broschi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Georges Auric ranks 49. Before him are Macfarlane Burnet, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Sobhuza II, James Cagney, Franz Jonas, and Kazi Nazrul Islam. After him are Charles Boyer, Henri Michaux, P. L. Travers, Louis Hjelmslev, Lao She, and Lev Kuleshov. Among people deceased in 1983, Georges Auric ranks 35. Before him are Anna Seghers, Muddy Waters, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Maurice Ronet, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, and Benigno Aquino Jr.. After him are George Balanchine, Mercè Rodoreda, Alberto Ginastera, Jack Dempsey, Rodolfo Gucci, and Pridi Banomyong.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Auric ranks 1,239 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre d'Ailly (1350), Cléo de Mérode (1875), Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160), François Clouet (1510), René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), and Alexandre de Rhodes (1591). After him are Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure (1767), Michel Fourniret (1942), Marie Anne de Mailly (1717), Jean Giono (1895), Alain Poher (1909), and Gérard Genette (1930).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Georges Auric ranks 44. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer (1910), Jacques Ibert (1890), Ambroise Thomas (1811), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Marcel Dupré (1886), and Fromental Halévy (1799). After him are Louis-Claude Daquin (1694), Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766), Jaufre Rudel (1125), François-Adrien Boieldieu (1775), Henri Dutilleux (1916), and Clément Janequin (1485).

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