Louis Durey
Louis Durey (born May 27, 1888 in Paris , † July 3, 1979 in St. Tropez ) was a French composer .
Life
Durey, son of a businessman, turned to music at the age of 19, with the protection of Maurice Ravel . Together with Francis Poulenc , Darius Milhaud , Arthur Honegger , Germaine Tailleferre and Georges Auric , he formed the loose association Les Six - a group of young, very different composers. Durey never stood out as strongly as his younger colleagues and soon withdrew from the group (he also refused to work on the jointly composed ballet " Le Mariés de la Tour Eiffel ") in order to devote himself to communist cultural politics. As a result, he remained largely unknown as a composer.
As early as the early 1920s he distanced himself from Jean Cocteau , who played the role of a spiritual mentor for the "Six". At the time of the German occupation he was active in the Resistance and wrote anti-fascist songs. After the Second World War he remained a strictly observant communist, composed little and lived from music reviews in a communist newspaper.
He created orchestral works, chamber music ( string quartets ), stage and film music .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durey, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd July 1979 |
| Place of death | St. Tropez , France |