- French composer and member of Les Six,
a group of French modernist composers who revolted against the influence
of established French composers, such as Claude
Debussy. He was born in Lodève. Auric's music for the comedy
ballet The Bores was his first work to gain critical acclaim. He provided
music for several motion pictures made by French poet Jean
Cocteau, including Blood of a Poet (1930), Beauty and the Beast
(1935), and Orpheus (1949).
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