In September 1925, on the occasion of the sixty-fifth birthday of their 'master', seven students of Paul Gilson gathered to form the first composers' collective in Belgian national music history. The members of Les Synthétistes (the Synthetists) are René Bernier, Francis de Bourguignon, Gaston Brenta, Théo Dejoncker, Marcel Poot, Maurice Schoemaker and Jules Strens.

Their intent is twofold and both theoretical and practical. Les Synthétistes want to distinguish themselves as the 'Brussels sev...