Q: What does Les Six mean?

A: Les Six means "The Six" in French.

Q: Who were Les Six?

A: Les Six were a group of six French composers who were friends around the year 1920.

Q: What did Erik Satie call Les Six?

A: Erik Satie called Les Six "Les Nouveaux Jeunes".

Q: Who gave Les Six their name?

A: Henri Collet gave Les Six their name in an article he was writing.

Q: What kind of music did Les Six try to be different from?

A: Les Six tried to be different from Richard Wagner and other composers of Romantic music, and different from Debussy and Ravel who had been writing Impressionistic music.

Q: What kind of music did Les Six like?

A: Les Six liked strong, masculine music, especially jazz.

Q: Did Les Six stay together for a long time?

A: No, Les Six did not stay together for very long as they soon developed their own personal styles in their compositions.