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Les Six at John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
Courtesy of Jacky | Posted on April 30, 2012
Where
John G Shedd Institute for the Arts
868 High St
Eugene, OR
Map
(541) 434-7000
When
Fri, August 10, 2012
2:00pm
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About
In 1920, a group of 6 composers—Darius Milhaud, Frances Poulenc, Germaine Taileferre, George Auric, Arthur Honegger and Louis Durey—formed a loose coalition based on the desire to turn away from Impressionism and Wagnerian/German Romanticism and create a new French music out of newer currents in music (such as advanced by the likes of Stravinsky and Satie) and an aesthetic filled with the sadness, joy, sounds and rhythms of everyday life, especially as reflected in popular genres of their day (Poulenc, for instance, loved French vaudeville, especially Maurice Chevalier; Milhaud liked American jazz and Brazilian dances)...