Durey, Louis (1888-1979)

French composer. He did not study music until the age of 22, and in 1914 he enlisted on the outbreak of World War I. In 1916, during leave, he came under the influence of Erik Satie and joined the group known as Les Six, but was the first to secede from it in 1921. In 1923 he went to live in seclusion in southern France, writing very little.

Works Stage opera on Mérimée's L'Occasion (1925); incidental music to Hebbel's Judith (1918).

Chamber three string quartets, piano trio, string trio.

Songs song cycles with chamber music or piano.