Music #429 - Poulenc et "Les Six"

Francis Poulenc   - top tracks
[fʁɑ̃sis pulɛ̃k]
(1899 – 1963)

A French composer, Poulenc composed various genres of music.  
He was a member of the French group Les Six (see below).







* Les biches / Female Deer  - a ballet with chorus and jazz idioms

* Les chemins de l'amour / The Ways of Love - one of his most popular songs

* Les mamelles de Tirésias / The Breasts of Tirésias

* La voix humaine / The Human Voice

* Sinfonietta (pour orchestre) - light and full of dance rhythms

Les Six   - top tracks
Les Six [le sis] is a name given in 1920 to a group of six French composers working in Montparnasse. Their music is often seen as a reaction against the musical style of Richard Wagner and the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel.

The six members were: 
* Georges Auric,
* Louis Durey,
* Arthur Honegger,
* Darius Milhaud,
* Francis Poulenc,
* Germaine Tailleferre.

Source: Wikipedia