The French Six,
as they were named by music critic Henri Collet in 1920, were a loosely linked group of six young composers who had all been students at the Paris Conservatory. They were
Arthur Honegger
, Darius Milhaud, and
Georges Auric
who had met as students, and later joined by
Louis Durey
,
Germaine Tailleferre
, and Francis Poulenc. Their spiritual leader was
Erik Satie
, and they were dedicated to producing a new style of music in reaction to...
