Front National des Musiciens
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The Front National des Musiciens was an organization of musicians in Nazi occupied France that was part of the French Resistance
. Active from the Spring of 1941 through the Autumn of 1944, the group's most prominent members were composers Elsa Barraine
and Louis Durey
, and conductor Roger Désormière
.
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
. Active from the Spring of 1941 through the Autumn of 1944, the group's most prominent members were composers Elsa Barraine
Elsa Barraine
Elsa Jacqueline Barraine was a French composer. Born in Paris, she was the daughter of cellist Alfred Barraine. She studied with Jean Gallon , Abel Estyle , George Caussade , and Paul Dukas at the Conservatoire de Paris...
and Louis Durey
Louis Durey
-Life:Louis Durey was born in Paris, the son of a local businessman. It was not until he was nineteen years old that he chose to pursue a musical career after hearing a performance of a Claude Debussy work. As a composer he was primarily self-taught. From the beginning, choral music was of great...
, and conductor Roger Désormière
Roger Désormière
Roger Désormière was a French conductor.Désormière was born in Vichy in 1898. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where his professors included Philippe Gaubert , Xavier Leroux and Charles Koechlin , and Vincent d'Indy...
.