Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics” by Colin Roust (Oxford University Press, 2020)
“Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie” edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
“Jean Cocteau and Georges Auric: The Poésie and Music That Shaped Their Collaboration in the Mélodies, Huit poèmes de Jean Cocteau (1918)” by Deborah A Moss (PhD thesis, Kingston University, 2021): eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/48660/1/Moss-D-48660.pdf

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Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.

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Music:
- Georges Auric: Sonata for Piano (1932), performed by Marie-Catherine Girod [original upload: P_kCLg7u67E]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Georges Auric: Sonatina for Piano (1922), performed by Daniel Blumenthal [original upload: Orjt_RWGysk]

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