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 | | The name was adopted by a group of young artists of avant-garde tendencies who enjoyed seeing themselves as members of a put-upon, enlightened minority, sworn enemies of the stuffy bourgeoisie. |
 | | The poet Tristan Klingsor, the conductor Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht, the pianist Viñes, the composers Maurice Delage, Manuel de Falla, Florent Schmitt, and of course Ravel himself, and the critics Calvocoressi and Émile Vuillermoz were the most famous members of the group. |
 | | Around 1904, Debussy, then at work on La Mer and about to begin his first set of Images for piano, told Viñes that his aim was to write music so free in form as to seem improvised. |
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