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  1. French `the six'. a group of French
  2. composers: Georges Auric, Louis Durey
  3. (1888-1979), Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud,
  4. Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre
  5. (1892-1983). Formed in 1917, they were
  6. dedicated to producing works free from
  7. foreign influences and reflecting the
  8. contemporary world. They split up in the
  9. early 1920s.
  10.