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'''Biographical Sketch'''

'''Biographical Sketch'''

"A Marie Laurencin for the Ear" was how Jean Cocteau described the music of Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the famous Group des Six (which also included Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honneger, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc). This quotation, which brings to mind the essentially decorative watercolors of Laurencin, was perhaps an unfortunate association. Images of naiveté, "freshness" and essentially "feminine" art have been associated with the Music of Germaine Tailleferre since she began her career with the launching of the Group in 1920. If one wishes to play the game of absolutely making a comparison between music and painting, it is more evident to compare the painting of Sonia Delaunay with the music of Germaine Tailleferre, given the rich sound palette that Tailleferre tends to use.

"A Marie Laurencin for the Ear" was how Jean Cocteau described the music of Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the famous Group des Six (which also included Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honneger, Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc). This quotation, which brings to mind the essentially decorative watercolors of Laurencin, was perhaps an unfortunate association. Images of naiveté, "freshness" and essentially "feminine" art have been associated with the Music of Germaine Tailleferre since she began her career with the launching of the Group in 1920. If one wishes to play the game of absolutely making a comparison between music and painting, it is more evident to compare the painting of Sonia Delaunay with the music of Germaine Tailleferre, given the rich sound palette that Tailleferre tends to use.