SATIE, COCTEAU, & LES SIX: PARIS IN THE 1920S AND BEYOND

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

A study of the musical realization of Apollinaire's "new spirit" in the works of Erik Satie, as promoted by Jean Cocteau circa 1918, and the attraction that this new aesthetic had for young composers known as Les Six. With special attention to the works of Francis Poulenc, especially those represented in the Lambiotte Poulenc Archive housed in the Woodson Research Center.