Louis (Edmond) Durey
French Born 27 May 1888 Died 03 Jul 1979
Strongly influenced by Debussy's opera "Pelléas et Mélisande", Louis Durey joined Les Six (with Poulenc, Milhaud, Auric, Honegger and Tailleferre), the six young French composers under the influence of Satie and Cocteau, but abandoned them after a year to allow increasing scope for his political affiliations.
He was Secretary General of the Fédération Musicale Populaire and later of the Association Française des Musiciens Progressistes.
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