Today marks the anniversary of the creation of a famous classical music nickname, “Les Six”—French for “The Six.” That’s what Parisian music critic Henri Collet dubbed six composers on this day in 1920, in a magazine article.

The composers Collet named include three still often heard today—Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger and Francis Poulenc. Performances of the other three composers, George Auric, Louis Durey, and the only woman in the group, Germaine Tailleferre, are still relatively rare.

Though is counted among the neglected half of Les Six, Tailleferre’s music has been having something of a revival lately. Perhaps this is part of a general renewal of interest in concert works written by women composers, or perhaps it’s a belated recognition that much of her best work remains fresh and appealing, like her Violin Sonata No. 1, composed in 1921 and dedicated to the great French violinist Jacques Thibaud.

Born near Paris in 1892, Tailleferre was a prodigy with an astounding memory. Erik Satie proclaimed her his “musical daughter,” and she was also close friends with Maurice Ravel. The Second World War, financial insecurity, and increasing arthritis inhibited Tailleferre’s career in her later years, but she continued to compose and teach until her death at age 91, in 1983.