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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.
Aug 31, 2024 · Darius Milhaud (born Sept. 4, 1892, Aix-en-Provence, France—died June 22, 1974, Geneva, Switz.) was a principal French composer of the 20th century known especially for his development of polytonality (simultaneous use of different keys).
Darius Milhaud was born on September 4, 1892 in Aix-en-Provence, where his cultured and close-knit Jewish family had been settled for at least eight centuries. A sensitive child, Milhaud spent long hours walking, communing with the dramatic landscape Cézanne made famous in his paintings.
Jun 23, 2017 · June 23, 2017. Multiplicity in unity is the key to Darius Milhaud’s music, and his lyricism is underlined by an indomitable humanism. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974), the great but excessively...
Mar 31, 2023 · DARIUS MILHAUD: POET OF PROVENCE. By Christopher Palmer. Darius Milhaud once described in a radio interview an incident which took place at Mills College, a girls’ college in Oakland, California where he taught during World War II and many years subsequently.
Apr 27, 2017 · Darius Milhaud (b. 1892–d. 1974) was a composer who traveled widely and absorbed a variety of compositional influences while remaining closely identified with his native France. Raised in Aix-en-Provence, he always affirmed the French, Jewish, and Provençal elements of his identity, describing himself in the opening sentence of his memoirs ...
Sep 3, 2024 · Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century, a conductor, and a well-respected educator.
Jun 27, 2018 · The French composer and teacher Darius Milhaud (born 1892) was the main champion of polytonality in the 20th century. Darius Milhaud was born on Sept. 4, 1892, in Aixen-Provence.
French composer Darius Milhaud was born in Marseille on 4 September 1892. He grew up in Aix-en-Provence, starting violin lessons with Léo Bruguier at the age of seven. Five years later, he became a member of the string quartet of his teacher.
Darius Milhaud. In 1920 Milhaud was one of the six young French composers labelled Les Six (Poulenc, Honegger, Auric, Tailleferre and Durey were the others) but, though he flirted briefly with their high-spirited fun, he was always far too independent to belong to any stylistic group.
