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Les Six were a group of French composers. They had met at the Paris Conservatoire and became close friends. They were: Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Georges Auric (1899-1983), Germaine Tailleferre(1892-1983) and Louis Durey (1888-1979). They originally gave concerts together under the name "Les Nouveaux Jeunes" (The New Young People), but later changed their name to Les Six.

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Auric, Georges@ (7) Durey, Louis@ (3) Honegger, Arthur@ (12)

Milhaud, Darius@ (8) Poulenc, Francis@ (15) Tailleferre, Germaine@ (8)

Links:

Music by Les Six Classical Net review. www.classical.net/music/recs/reviews/m/mpl23788a.html

XXth Century: "Les Six", Satie, and Cocteau Article by Stéphane Villemin. www.scena.org/lsm/sm6-1/coq-en.html

Springtime in Paris: Les Six Information about the group and all of its members. music.minnesota.publicradio.org/../0003_satie/lessix.shtml