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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Six canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8107150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Six Context triple: [Francis Poulenc, movement, Les Six]
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Les XX
Les XX was a late 19th-century Brussels-based group of avant-garde artists known for organizing annual exhibitions that promoted innovative and international modern art.
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Le Fel
Le Fel is a commune in southern France whose name is borne by the Entraygues-le-Fel Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wine region.
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C.
Les Ripoux
Les Ripoux is a 1984 French comedy-crime film about two Parisian policemen whose corrupt but easygoing routines are disrupted by a straight-laced new partner.
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D.
Polisse
Polisse is a 2011 French drama film directed by Maïwenn that follows a Paris police child protection unit, noted for its gritty realism and ensemble cast.
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E.
Léon
Léon is a French surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Six Target entity description: 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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A.
Les XX
Les XX was a late 19th-century Brussels-based group of avant-garde artists known for organizing annual exhibitions that promoted innovative and international modern art.
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B.
Le Fel
Le Fel is a commune in southern France whose name is borne by the Entraygues-le-Fel Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée wine region.
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C.
Les Ripoux
Les Ripoux is a 1984 French comedy-crime film about two Parisian policemen whose corrupt but easygoing routines are disrupted by a straight-laced new partner.
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D.
Polisse
Polisse is a 2011 French drama film directed by Maïwenn that follows a Paris police child protection unit, noted for its gritty realism and ensemble cast.
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E.
Léon
Léon is a French surname borne by various notable individuals across fields such as politics, arts, and academia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| 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
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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
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Referenced by (7)
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