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Les Six

Syllabification: (Les Six)
Pronunciation: /lā ˈsēs/

(also the Six)
Definition of Les Six
  • a group of six Parisian composers (Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Germaine Tailleferre, Georges Auric, and Francis Poulenc) formed after World War I, whose music represents a reaction against Romanticism and Impressionism.

Origin:

French, literally 'the Six'

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