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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev (; 2 January 1837  ) was a Russian pianist , conductor and composer known today primarily for his work promoting musical nationalism and his encouragement of more famous Russian composers , notably Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky . He began his career as a pivotal figure , extending the fusion of traditional folk music and experimental ___MASK2___ practices begun by composer Mikhail Glinka . In the process , Balakirev developed musical patterns that could express overt nationalistic feeling . After a nervous breakdown and consequential sabbatical , he returned to ___MASK2___ but did not wield the same level of influence as before . Arthur Honegger ( French : ( aty n ) ; 10 March 1892 -- 27 November 1955 ) was a Swiss composer , who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris . He was a member of Les Six . His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231 , which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive . Joseph Maurice Ravel ( 7 March 1875  28 December 1937 ) was a French composer , pianist and conductor . He is often associated with ___MASK44___ along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy , although both composers rejected the term . In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France ' s greatest living composer . Les Six is a name given to a group of six French composers who worked in Montparnasse . The name , inspired by Mily Balakirev ' s " The Five ", originates in critic Henri Collet ' s 1920 article "" (" Comoedia ", 16 January 1920 ). Their music is often seen as a reaction against the musical style of Richard Wagner and the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel .