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Milhaud

[ mee-yoh, mee-oh ]

noun

  1. Da·rius [d, a, -, ryys], 1892–1974, French composer, in U.S. from 1940.


Milhaud

/ mijo /

noun

  1. MilhaudDarius18921974MFrenchMUSIC: composer Darius (darjys). 1892–1974, French composer; member of Les Six. A notable exponent of polytonality, his large output includes operas, symphonies, ballets, string quartets, and songs
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Example Sentences

The school had become an idyllic and idealistic refuge for inventive French composer Darius Milhaud and the Budapest String Quartet, escaping the Nazis.

Brubeck came to admire Milhaud so deeply that he named his first son after him.

After a stint in the Army, he resumed his classes at the Mannes School of Music and the New School for Social Research in New York, where he was mentored by French composer Darius Milhaud.

He later studied under French classical composer Darius Milhaud at the Mannes School of Music in New York.

He once played a piece for piano, violin and oboe for Milhaud that contained a melody he was ashamed to have written, as 12-point atonal music was in vogue at the time.

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