Les Six
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Les Six was a group of early 20th-century French composers known for their collaborative works and rejection of late-Romantic and Impressionist musical styles.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French musical group
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group of composers ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| aestheticGoal |
clarity and simplicity in music
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integration of popular and cabaret elements ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Six NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
French avant-garde
ⓘ
Montparnasse artistic scene ⓘ ballets russes milieu ⓘ |
| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collaborativeWork | L'Album des Six NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| culturalContext | post–World War I France ⓘ |
| describedAs |
reaction against Debussy-style Impressionism
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reaction against Wagnerian Romanticism ⓘ |
| documentedIn | musicological literature on French modernism ⓘ |
| formedIn | 1920 ⓘ |
| genre | classical music ⓘ |
| hasFemaleMember | Germaine Tailleferre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenderMix | mixed-gender group ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | important group in French modernism ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of neoclassical music
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later French composers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Erik Satie
NERFINISHED
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Jean Cocteau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| member |
Arthur Honegger
NERFINISHED
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Darius Milhaud NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Poulenc NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Auric NERFINISHED ⓘ Germaine Tailleferre NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Durey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | neoclassicism in music ⓘ |
| namedBy | Henri Collet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | article by Henri Collet in Comœdia ⓘ |
| notableWork | L'Album des Six NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedStyle |
Impressionist music
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late-Romantic music ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
economy of means
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irony and wit ⓘ use of clear tonal centers ⓘ |
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