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WHAT DOES LES SIX MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Les Six

Les Six is a name given to a group of six French composers who worked in Montparnasse. The name, inspired by Mily Balakirev's The Five, originates in critic Henri Collet's 1920 article "Les cinq Russes, les six Français et M. Satie". 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 members were: ▪ Georges Auric ▪ Louis Durey ▪ Arthur Honegger ▪ Darius Milhaud ▪ Francis Poulenc ▪ Germaine Tailleferre...

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Les Six
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Les Six
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LES SIX»

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Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors, Jean ...
Robert Shapiro is a writer and researcher who specializes in the composers known as Les Six.
Robert Shapiro, 2011
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Travels in India
18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 1713.—-Les Six Voyages a'e B. Tavernier, etc. Paris. Ribou. 5 vols. Izmo. Brunét says it is badly printed. 1'713.—Les Six Voyages def B. Tavernier, etc. Rouen, Machuel (according to Joret). 6 vols. Izmo. Nouvelle ed., 1713.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, 2012
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Les Six Aventures
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Maxime Du Camp, 2009
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The Birth of Territory
Bodin, Les six livres, I, X. 182. Bodin, Les six livres, I, ix. The Knolles translation includes the gloss "which hold all their territories of others” after "feudal kings,” a phrase not in the French or Latin. 183. Bodin, Les six livres, I, viii. 184. Bodin, Les  ...
Stuart Elden, 2013
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The Composer As Intellectual : Music and Ideology in France, ...
416 COLLET AND THE MYTH OF LES SIX Cocteau's original goals were unmistakable: he wished to become the aesthetic spokesman for the French liberal Right, resurfacing after the war, and the classic avant-garde that it promoted.
Jane F. Fulcher Professor of Musicology Indiana University, 2005
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Selected Essays on Opera
Le Coq furnishes a convenient summary of the artistic aims pursued by the group of French composers known as Les Six and consisting of Honegger, Milhaud ( who joined the group after his return from South America), Poulenc, Auric, ...
Ulrich Weisstein, Walter Bernhart, 2006
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Pascal's Apology for Religion: Extracted from the Pensees
[691] Les six âges, les six pères des six âges, les six merveilles à l'entrée des six âges, les six orients à l'entrée des six âges.I [655] Adam fbrma futuri.2 Les six jours pour former l'un, les six âges pour former l'autre; les six jours que Moïse ...
Blaise Pascal, H. F. Stewart, 2013
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Jacob Steiner's Gesammelte Werke: Herausgegeben Auf ...
Si l'on conçoit une surface quelconque du second ordre qui touche les six arêtes d'un tétraèdre donné, ses intersections avec les plans des faces de ce tétraèdre seront des lignes du second ordre touchant les trois côtés de ces faces; et si ...
Jakob Steiner, Karl Weierstrass, 2013
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Minor Ballet Composers: Biographical Sketches of Sixty-Six ...
A Note on Les Six As the term Les Six is used several times in the following entries, a note explaining the term is in order. The appellation Les Six derived from a January 1920 article by Henri Colet in Comoedia. Entitled “Les Six Francaix: ...
William E. Studwell, 2012
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Molière - Oeuvres complètes:
PREMIÈRE ENTRÉE DE BALLET Les six hommes portant les haches font entre eux une danse ornée de toutes les attitudes que peuvent exprimer des gens qui étudient leur force, puis ils se retirent aux deux côtés du théâtre pour faire place ...
Molière, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LES SIX»

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Hockey: une défaite et un partage pour les U21 belges à Breda
Les six équipes engagées jouent toutes l'une contre l'autre et un classement sera établi à la fin. Les deux premiers joueront samedi la finale, ... «Sudinfo.be, Jul 15»
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Stade olympique à 2,6 milliards $: Tokyo repart à zéro
"Nous allons choisir le design dans les six mois à venir", a-t-il déclaré à la presse. "De la conception à l'achèvement de la construction, il nous ... «Le Huffington Post Quebec, Jul 15»
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Nucléaire iranien : A. Ahani "cet accord est une grande victoire …
L'ambassadeur d'Iran à Paris, Ali Ahani, salue la signature de l'accord portant sur le nucléaire qui vient d'être conclu entre Téhéran et les six ... «TV5MONDE Actualités, Jul 15»
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II - Les garanties constitutionnelles des libertés religieuses au Liban
... rapports de force en politique, son interprétation doit être circonscrite aux normes des régimes parlementaires pluralistes régis par les six art. «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
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Woodwind winners in concert
He dedicated the Clarinet Sonata to the memory of Arthur Honegger, a fellow member of Les Six, who had passed away in 1955. Instead of ... «Grocott's Mail Online, Jul 15»
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Jeff Petry et Tomas Plekanec étaient à Brossard, mardi, pour l'école …
Récemment mis sous contrat pour les six prochaines saisons par Marc Bergevin, Petry a généreusement accepté de participer à l'activité, étant ... «RDS, Jul 15»
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Les catastrophes naturelles plus meutrières début 2015 qu'en 2014
Sur les six premiers mois de l'année, "plus de 16.000 personnes sont décédées" dans des catastrophes naturelles, dont environ 12.000 lors du ... «Algérie Presse Service, Jul 15»
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Lectures opposées au Liban de l'accord sur le nucléaire
... et les six grands pays de la communauté internationale. En dépit des tentatives de certains médias de minimiser l'importance de cet accord, ... «L'Orient-Le Jour, Jul 15»
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Ils affirment avoir été contaminés par l'Hépatite C Des dialysés …
... lors de leur admission, selon les propos du médecin de la clinique et que des bilans de sérologie sont exigés des malades tous les six mois. «El Watan, Jul 15»
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Caitlyn Jenner a attendu 65 ans : ''J'ai grandi à une autre époque...''
Les six enfants de Caitlyn la soutiennent également ; elle déjeunait d'ailleurs samedi avec Kendall. Parmi ses aînés, Casey (34 ans, née de ... «Pure People, Jul 15»

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