 In 1921, five of the members jointly composed the music for Cocteau's ballet "Les mariés de la tour Eiffel", which was produced by the Ballets suédois, the rival to the Ballet Russes.Cocteau had originally proposed the project to Auric, but as Auric did not finish rapidly enough to fit into the rehearsal schedule, he then divided the work up among the other members of Les Six.Durey, who was not in Paris at the time, chose not to participate.