Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer and a member of the French Group
Les Six. He was a Parisian by birth and death, and always preferred the city to the country. His mother, an amateur pianist, taught him to play, and music formed a part of family life. Poulenc was a member of Les Six, a group of young French composers,
Darius Milhaud,
Georges Auric,
Louis Durey,
Arthur Honegger and
Germaine Tailleferre, who also had links with
Erik Satie and
Jean Cocteau. He embraced the
Dada movement's techniques, creating melodies that wou…
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