Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A look at a super-obscure fellow.
This was a viewer request from YouTuber Solanum Lycopersicum. If you've got a question or request for a future video, leave a comment, shoot me a message through YouTube, or use the email/Tumblr links below.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Hermann Necke and YouTuber hosnm4536: Transcendental “Csikós Post,” synthesized performance [original upload: nphL9KOUPsc]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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A look at a super-obscure fellow.
This was a viewer request from YouTuber Solanum Lycopersicum. If you've got a question or request for a future video, leave a comment, shoot me a message through YouTube, or use the email/Tumblr links below.
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Classical Nerd is a weekly video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
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Music:
- Hermann Necke and YouTuber hosnm4536: Transcendental “Csikós Post,” synthesized performance [original upload: nphL9KOUPsc]
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, Op. 1 No. 2, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
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Contact Information:
Questions and comments can be directed to:
nerdofclassical [at] gmail.com
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classical-nerd.tumblr.com
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All images and audio in this video are for educational purposes only and are not intended as copyright infringement. If you have a copyright concern, please contact me using the above information.
![Les Six: An Introduction [Les Six, Pt. 1/7]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/v3lU1KktDsE/mqdefault.jpg "Les Six: An Introduction [Les Six, Pt. 1/7]
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📚 Sources/further reading:
“Les Six: The French Composers and Their Mentors Jean Cocteau and Erik Satie” edited by Robert Shapiro (Peter Owen Publishers, 2011)
“Georges Auric: A Life in Music and Politics” by Colin Roust (Oxford University Press, 2020)
“I am a Composer” by Arthur Honegger, translated by Wilson Clough and Allan Willman (Faber and Faber, 1966)
“My Happy Life” by Darius Milhaud, translated by Donald Evans, George Hall, and Christopher Palmer (Marion Boyars, 1995)
“Poulenc: A Biography” by Roger Nichols (Yale University Press, 2020)
“Poulenc: The Life in the Songs” by Graham Johnson (Norton, 2020)
“Germaine Tailleferre: A Bio-Bibliography” by Robert Shapiro (Greenwood Press, 1994)
Additional information in this video may be found in the sources listed under the separate videos on each member of Les Six.
Classical Nerd is a video series covering music history, theoretical concepts, and techniques, hosted by composer, pianist, and music history aficionado Thomas Little.
Music:
- Erik Satie: Nocturne #1 (1919), performed by Thomas Little
- Thomas Little: Dance! #2 in E minor, performed by Rachel Fellows, Michael King, and Bruce Tippette
- Arthur Honegger: Sept Pièces Brèves (1920), performed by John Robson [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Nocturnes (1930–8), performed by John Robson (#1, #3) and Monica Hart (#7, #8) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
- Francis Poulenc: Selections from Improvisations (1932–59), performed by Monica Hart (#5, #7) [free recordings courtesy pianosociety.com]
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