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Darius Milhaud (French: [daʁjys mijo]; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six —also known as The Group of Six —and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.
Below is a list of compositions by Darius Milhaud sorted by category. Operas. La brebis égarée, Op. 4 (1910–1914); 3 acts, 20 scenes; libretto by Francis Jammes; premiere 1923. Les euménides, Op. 41 (1917–1923); L'Orestie d'Eschyle (Orestiean Trilogy No. 3); 3 acts; libretto by Paul Claudel after Aeschylus.
Aug 31, 2024 · Darius Milhaud was a principal French composer of the 20th century known especially for his development of polytonality (simultaneous use of different keys). Born of a Provençal Jewish family, Milhaud studied under Paul Dukas and Vincent d’Indy at the Paris Conservatory.
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Jun 27, 2018 · Milhaud wrote concertos for almost every orchestral instrument, ballets, short and full-scale symphonies, chamber music, songs, piano music, and cantatas. Among the best known of his compositions on Jewish themes are his Service Sacré (1947), and two song cycles with piano accompaniment: Poèmes juifs (1916) and Chants populaires hébraïques ...
NAXOS 8.572298 [71.28] Milhaud was a remarkably prolific composer and his opus numbers run to well over 400. On this re-release of a 1993 ASV issue, Carole Farley and John Constable give us three song-cycles which cover virtually the entire span of Milhaud's career.
Apr 27, 2017 · The earliest book-length study of Milhaud and his music, written by a close friend and advocate, is Collaer 1988 (originally published in 1947); Roy 1968 paints a similarly appreciative picture of the composer, but without Collaer’s level of detail.
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Author of a prolific oeuvre (443 opus numbers!), Darius Milhaud tackled every genre: opera, chamber music, symphonic music, concertos, ballets and vocal music. His musical language is marked by polytonality and polyrhythm.
