The group of French composers known as 'Les Six' were, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Germaine Tailleferre and which other?
Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre Marcelle Germaine Tailleferre (; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as "Les Six". She was born Marcelle Taillefesse at Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, but as a young woman she changed her last name to "Tailleferre" to spite her father, who had refused to support her musical studies. She studied piano with her mother at home, composing short works of her own, after which she began studying at the Paris Conservatory where she met Louis Durey, Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, and Arthur Honegger. At
Les Six who contributed to the suite were [[Jean Françaix]], [[Léo Preger]] and [[Henri Sauguet]]. In 1952, Auric, Honegger, Poulenc, Tailleferre and three other composers collaborated on an orchestral work called "[[La guirlande de Campra]]". In 1956, Auric, Milhaud, Poulenc and five other composers created an orchestral suite in honour of the pianist [[Marguerite Long]], called "[[Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long]]" [[Category:Les Six| ]] 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 ""