Arthur Honegger was important to French music as a member of Les Six, but according to Harry Halbreich’s biography of the composer, he was the black sheep of the group. Halbreich’s biography leads the reader through a timeline of Honegger’s life, and the section for 1920 details the beginnings of the famous group of French […]
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At the beginning of the semester, coming to this class felt like the informational equivalent of standing in front of a firehose. The readings were a largely indistinguishable soup of names and -isms. But after spending over three months untwisting the serpent (Daniel Albright pun intended) of Parisian musical life in the 1920s, I’m pleasantly […]
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The Forgotten Member of Les Six
Germaine Tailleferre was born Germaine Taillefesse on April 19th, 1892. She attended the Paris Conservatory where she met the other members of Les Six. Tailleferre was the only female member of the group. Coincidentally, Tailleferre is the least documented, and some might say appreciated, member of Les Six, despite her active participation in the French […]