Les Six (pronounced: [le sis]) is a name given to a group of six French composers who worked in Montparnasse. The name; inspired by Mily Balakirevs The Five; originates in critic Henri Collets 1920 article "Les cinq Russes; les six Français et M. Satie" (Comoedia; 16 January 1920). Their music is often seen as a reaction against the musical style of Richard Wagner and the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. L to R: Germaine Tailleferre; Francis Poulenc; Arthur Honegger; Darius Milhaud; Jean Cocteau et Georges Auric. Manque Durey.