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Darius Milhaud
Born: September 4, 1892; Aix-en-Provence, France
Died: June 22, 1974; Geneva, Switzerland
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One of the more prolific composers of the twentieth century, Darius Milhaud was born to a Jewish family in southern France during the last decade of the nineteenth century. He learned the violin as a youth. Studies at the Paris Conservatoire from age 17 on gave the young composer opportunity to work with some of the most prominent French composers and theorists of the day, including Charles Marie Widor, Vincent d'Indy and André Gedalge, and
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There are 320 recordings available.
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Acceuil amical (17), suite of piano pieces for children, Op. 326 (1)
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Album des Six: Mazurka (1)
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Alissa, Op. 9 (2)
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Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 61 (2)
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Bolivar: Chansons de négresse, Op. 148b (2)
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Cantate de la Guerre, Op. 213 (1)
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Cantate de la Paix, Op. 166 (1)
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Cantate des proverbes, Op. 310 (1)
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Cantate des proverbes, Op. 310: A woman of valour (2)
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Cantique du Rhône, Op. 155 (1)
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Caprice for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 335a (5)
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Caramel Mou, Op. 68 (1)
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Carnaval à la Nouvelle-Orléans, Op. 275 (1)
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Catalogue de fleurs, Op. 60 (4)
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Chamber Symphony no 1, Op. 43 "Le printemps" (1)
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Chamber Symphony no 2, Op. 49 "Pastorale" (1)
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Chamber Symphony no 3, Op. 71 "Serenade" (2)
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Chamber Symphony no 4, Op. 74 "Overture, Chorale and Etude" (1)
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Chamber Symphony no 5, Op. 75 (3)
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Chamber Symphony no 6, Op. 79 (1)
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Chansons (4) de Ronsard, Op. 223 (3)
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Chansons bas, Op. 44 (1)
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Chansons de théâtre (6), Op. 151b (2)
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Chants (6) populaires hébraïques, Op. 86 (1)
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Chants (6) populaires hébraïques, Op. 86: no 3, Berceuse (1)
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Choral for Piano, Op. 111 (2)
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Cinéma-fantaisie sur "Le boeuf sur le toit" for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 58b (2)
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Concertino d'automne for 2 Pianos and 8 Instruments, Op. 309 (1)
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Concertino d'hiver for Trombone and Strings, Op. 327 (1)
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Concertino de printemps for Violin, Op. 135 (2)
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Concerto for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Op. 394 (1)
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Concerto for 2 Pianos, Op. 228 (1)
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Concerto for Cello no 1, Op. 136 (6)
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Concerto for Cello no 1, Op. 136: 1st movement, Nonchalant (1)
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Concerto for Cello no 2, Op. 255 (1)
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Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone, Op. 278 (5)
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Concerto for Percussion and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 109 (6)
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Concerto for Piano no 1, Op. 127 (3)
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Concerto for Piano no 2, Op. 225 (4)
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Concerto for Piano no 3, Op. 270 (1)
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Concerto for Piano no 4, Op. 295 (2)
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Concerto for Piano no 5, Op. 346 (1)
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Concerto for Viola no 1, Op. 108 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 93 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 263 (3)
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Cortège funèbre, Op. 202 (2)
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D'un cahier inédit du journal d'Eugène de Guérin, Op. 27 (1)
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Devant sa main nue, Op. 122 (1)
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Divertissement en trois parties for Wind Quintet, Op. 299b (1)
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Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 351 (7)
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Duo for 2 Violins, Op. 258 (2)
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Elégie for Viola, Timpani and 2 Percussions, Op. 416 "pour Pierre" (1)
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Esquisses (4) for Wind Quintet, Op. 227b: Madrigal (2)
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Esquisses (4) for Wind Quintet, Op. 227b: Pastoral (1)
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Esquisses (4), for piano, Op. 227 (1)
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Etudes (5) for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 63 (1)
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Études for String Quartet, Op. 442 (2)
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Études for String Quartet, Op. 442: III - Modéré (2)
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Exercise Musical, Op. 134 (3)
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Fantasie pastorale for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 188 (1)
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Farandoleurs for Violin and Piano, Op. 262 (1)
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Fête de la musique, Op. 159 (1)
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Hymne de glorification, Op. 331 (2)
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Jeu, piece for piano, Op. 302 (1)
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Kentuckiana, Op. 287 (2)
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L'album de Madame Bovary (2)
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L'amour chante, Op. 409 (1)
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L'apothéose de Molière, Op. 286 (1)
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L'Automne (3), suite for piano, Op. 115 (1)
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L'automne, Op. 115: no 2, Alfama (1)
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L'homme et son désir, Op. 48 (2)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205 (7)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205: Aubade (2)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205: Chasse à Valabre (2)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205: Cortège (1)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205: Jongleurs (1)
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La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205: La maousinglade (2)
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La création du monde, Op. 81 (29)
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La création du monde, Op. 81: Concert Suite (1)
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La création du monde, Op. 81: Excerpt(s) (1)
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La libertadora, Op. 236 (1)
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La muse menagère, Op. 245 (2)
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Le bal martiniquais, Op. 249 (1)
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Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58 (21)
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Le carnaval d'Aix, Op. 83b (3)
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Le carnaval de Londres, Op. 172 (1)
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Le printemps for Piano (1)
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Le printemps for Violin and Piano, Op. 18 (3)
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Le printemps I for Piano, Op. 25 (3)
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Le printemps II for Piano, Op. 66 (1)
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Le quatorze juillet: Introduction et Marche funèbre, Op. 153 (1)
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Le tour de l'exposition, Op. 162 (1)
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Le train bleu, Op. 84 (1)
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Le voyageur sans bagages: Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b (1)
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Les choëphores, Op. 24 (1)
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Les deux cités, Op. 170 (1)
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Les malheurs d'Orphée, Op. 85 (1)
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Les soirées de Pétrograd, Op. 55 (1)
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Machines agricoles, Op. 56 (2)
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Médée, Op. 191: Chers Corinthiens (1)
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Modere (1)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Animé [Moses brought to court] (2)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Lent (2)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Modéré [Moses' anger and solitude] (2)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Modéré [Moses' birth and discovery] (2)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Ouverture [Israelites suffering under slavery] (2)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Suple et Animé (1)
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Moïse (Opus americanum no. 2), Op. 219: Suple et Animé [Moses as pet of the court; political intrigu (1)
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Naissance de Vénus, Op. 292 (2)
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Ouverture méditerranéenne, Op. 330 (1)
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Pacem in terris, Op. 404 (1)
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Pastorale for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 147 (3)
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Pastorale for Organ, Op. 229 (2)
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Poème du journal intime de Léo Latil, Op. 73 (1)
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Poèmes (2) d'amour, Op. 30 (1)
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Poèmes (2) de Coventry Patmore, Op. 31 (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Jean Cocteau, Op. 59 (4)
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Poèmes (3) de Lucile de Chateaubriand, Op. 10 (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Lucile de Chateaubriand, Op. 10: L'aurore (1)
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Poèmes (4) de Léo Latil, Op. 20: no 1, L'abandon (2)
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Poèmes (4) de Léo Latil, Op. 20: no 2, Ma Douleur et sa Compagne (1)
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Poèmes (4) de Léo Latil, Op. 20: no 3, Le rossignol (1)
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Poèmes (4) de Léo Latil, Op. 20: no 4, La tourterelle (2)
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Poèmes (4) pour baryton, Op. 26: no 1, Chanson d'Automne (1)
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Poèmes (4) pour baryton, Op. 26: no 2, Ténèbres (1)
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Poèmes (4) pour baryton, Op. 26: no 3, Le sombre Mai (1)
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Poèmes (4) pour baryton, Op. 26: no 4, Obsession (1)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34 (3)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 1, Chant de nourrice (4)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 2, Chant de Sion (2)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 3, Chant de laboureur (1)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 4, Chant de la pitié (1)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 5, Chant de resignation (1)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 6, Chant d'amour (2)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 7, Chant de forgeron (2)
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Poèmes juifs, Op. 34: no 8, Lamentation (2)
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Preludes (9) for Organ, Op. 231b (1)
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Preludes (9) for Organ, Op. 231b: Excerpt(s) (1)
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Preludes (9) for Organ, Op. 231b: no 1 (1)
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Preludes (9) for Organ, Op. 231b: no 2 (1)
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Prières (5), Op. 231c (1)
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Promesse de Dieu, Op. 438 (1)
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Psalm 121 (4)
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Psaumes de David (3), for chorus, Op. 339 (1)
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Psaumes de David (3), Op. 339: Je me suis fondue de joie (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 1, Op. 5 (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 12, Op. 252 (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 16 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 32 "Latil" (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 46 (2)
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Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 64 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 6, Op. 77 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 7, Op. 87 (3)
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Quartet for Strings no 8, Op. 121 (1)
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Quintet for Winds (1)
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Rag Caprices (3) for Piano, Op. 78 (4)
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Rêves, Op. 233 (1)
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Romances sans paroles (4) for Piano (2)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67 (11)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 1, Overture - Sorocabo (2)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 11, Larenjeiras (5)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 12 (1)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 5, Ipanema (3)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 7, Corcovado (7)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 8, Tijuca (7)
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Saudades do Brasil, Op. 67: no 9, Sumaré (13)
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Scaramouche for Clarinet and Orchestra, Op. 165d (2)
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Scaramouche for Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 165c (16)
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Scaramouche, Op. 165b (32)
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Scaramouche, Op. 165b: no 1, Vif (4)
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Scaramouche, Op. 165b: no 2, Modére (5)
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Scaramouche, Op. 165b: no 3, Brazileira (20)
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Segoviana, Op. 366 (5)
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Service sacré, Op. 279 (2)
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Service sacré, Op. 279: L'Kha Dodi (2)
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Sonata for 2 Violins and Piano, Op. 15 (2)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 377 (1)
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Sonata for Flute, Clarinet, Oboe and Piano, Op. 47 (3)
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Sonata for piano No. 1, Op. 33 (1)
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Sonata for piano No. 2, Op. 293 (1)
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Sonata for Viola and Piano no 1, Op. 240 (2)
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Sonata for Viola and Piano no 2, Op. 244 (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord in D major, Op. 144 (1)
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Sonata for Violin and Harpsichord, Op. 257 (2)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2, Op. 40 (1)
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Sonatina for 2 Violins (1)
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Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 100 (9)
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Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 76 (17)
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Sonatina for Flute and Piano, Op. 76: Tendre (1)
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Sonatina for Oboe and Piano, Op. 337 (2)
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Sonatina for piano, Op. 354 (1)
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Sonatina for Viola and Cello, Op. 378 (1)
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Sonatina for Violin and Cello, Op. 324 (1)
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Sonatina for Violin and Viola, Op. 226 (2)
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Sonatina pastorale for Violin solo, Op. 383 (3)
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Songes for 2 Pianos, Op. 237 (2)
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Sonnets composés au secret (6), for chorus or vocal quartet, Op. 266 (2)
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Suite (5), for piano, Op. 8 (1)
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Suite cisalpine for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 332 (2)
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Suite d'après Corrette for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 161b (4)
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Suite for Piano, Op. 8 (1)
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Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano (6)
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Suite française, Op. 248 (10)
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Suite in 3 Parts, Op. 234: Sailors Song (2)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b (5)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b: 1st movement, Animé (1)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b: 3rd movement, Modéré (1)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b: 4th movement, Vif (1)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b: 5th movement, Modéré (1)
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Suite provençale, Op. 152b: 6th movement, Vif (1)
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Symphoniette, Op. 363 (1)
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Symphony no 1, Op. 210 (3)
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Symphony no 10, Op. 382 (1)
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Symphony no 11, Op. 384 "Romantique" (1)
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Symphony no 12, Op. 390 "Rurale" (1)
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Symphony no 2, Op. 247 (2)
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Symphony no 3, Op. 271 "Te Deum" (1)
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Symphony no 4, Op. 281 (2)
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Symphony no 5 for 10 Winds, Op. 322 (2)
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Symphony no 6, Op. 343 (3)
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Symphony no 7, Op. 344 (2)
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Symphony no 8, Op. 362 "Rhodanienne" (2)
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Symphony no 9, Op. 380 (1)
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Tabernacles (1)
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Tango des Fratellini (5)
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Touches blanches, for easy piano, Op. 222/1 (1)
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Touches noirs, for easy piano, Op. 222/2 (1)
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Une Journèe (5), children's suite for piano, Op. 269 (1)
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Valses (3), for piano (extracted from the film "Madame Bovary"), Op. 128c (1)
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Visages (4) for Viola and Piano, Op. 238 (4)
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Vocalise-étude for voix élevées (1)
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Biography |
by Blair Johnston
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One of the more prolific composers of the twentieth century, Darius Milhaud was born to a Jewish family in southern France during the last decade of the nineteenth century. He learned the violin as a youth. Studies at the Paris Conservatoire from age 17 on gave the young composer opportunity to work with some of the most prominent French composers and theorists of the day, including Charles Marie Widor, Vincent d'Indy and André Gedalge, and allowed him to focus on developing his skills as a pianist.
While serving as an attaché at the French delegation in Rio de Janeiro during the First World War, Milhaud began a long and fruitful association with poet Paul Claudel (who was at that time a Minister at the delegation), several of whose plays Milhaud would go on to provide with incidental music (Proteé, 1919; L'annonce fait à Marie, 1934) and who, in turn, would supply libretti for many of Milhaud's compositions (e.g. the opera Christophe Colomb of 1928).
After returning to Paris in 1919 Milhaud was adopted into the circle of "Les Six," a group of progressive French composers brought together under the guidance of Jean Cocteau. However, like any such artificial collection, Les Six was quick to dissolve, and during the 1920s Milhaud adopted an assortment of new musical influences (notably jazz, which the composer first discovered during a trip to the U.S. in 1922, and which features prominently in much of his subsequent music).
Milhaud composed, performed, and taught ceaselessly during the 1920s and 1930s, only abandoning his homeland in late 1939 after all hope of resisting the German advance vanished. Settling in the United States, Milhaud accepted a teaching position with Mills College in Oakland, California, and continued to compose prolifically. From 1947 he combined his American teaching duties with a similar position at the Paris Conservatoire, remaining at both institutions until 1971, when his poor health forced him into retirement (Milhaud had suffered from a serious, paralyzing rheumatic condition since the 1920s; in later years he was only mobile through the use of a wheelchair). He died in Switzerland three years later.
Milhaud's musical output is impressive, both in terms of quantity and quality. The numbers alone are staggering for a twentieth century composer: nine operas, 12 ballets, 12 symphonies (in addition to six chamber symphonies), six piano concertos (one of them a double concerto), 18 string quartets, and about 400 other compositions in almost every conceivable form and instrumentation. The most frequently discussed feature of his musical language is polytonality (the simultaneous use of multiple tonal centers), though Milhaud was familiar with and fluent in any number of twentieth century "techniques." A skillful contrapuntist, Milhaud composed two string quartets (Nos. 14 and 15, both from 1949) which may also be performed simultaneously as an octet. |
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