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Darius Milhaud ( September 4, 1892 - June 22, 1974) was a French- Jewish composer and teacher. He was a member of Les Six and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century.Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence and studied in Paris under Charles Widor and Vincent d'Indy. He discovered jazz on a trip to the US in 1922. He left Germany in 1939 and emigrated to America in 1940, where he secured a teaching post at Mills College in Oakland, California. From 1947-1971 he taught alternate years at Mills and the Paris Conservatoire, until poor health, which caused him to use a wheelchair during the last years of his life (beginning sometime before 1947), caused him to retire. He died in Switzerland.
His compositions are particularly noted as being influenced by jazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th and for their use of polytonalityThe use of more than two keys simultaneously is known in music as polytonality . Bitonality is the use of only two different keys at the same time. While initially polytonality referred to simply to "contrapuntally juxtaposed tonalities" it quickly was ap (music in more than one keyIn Music theory, the key is the tonal center of a piece. It is designated by a note name (the tonic), such as C, and is the base of a musical scale from which most of the notes of the piece are drawn. Most commonly, that scale can be either in major or mi at once). Milhaud composed prolifically, and his noted works include Le Boeuf sur le Toit (ballet), La Création du Monde (jazz), ScaramoucheScaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921 and subsequently adapted into a play by Barbara Field and into feature film versions in 1923 and 1952. It is a romantic adventure and follows the story of a young aristocra (2-piano suite), Saudades do Brazil (dance suite), and Notes Without Music (an autobiography).
Notable students of Milhaud:
- Dave BrubeckDave Brubeck (born December 6, 1920 in Concord, California) is an American jazz pianist who wrote a number of jazz standards, including "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke. Brubeck's style ranges from refined to bombastic, showing both his mother's atte
- Burt BacharachBiography Burt Bacharach (born May 12, 1928 in Kansas City, MO) is an American pianist and composer. He studied music at McGill University and Mannes School of Music. In the 1950s and the early 1960s he was the pianist and bandleader for Marlene Dietrich.
- Steve ReichSteve Reich (born October 3, 1936) is one of the most famous living composers, who is popularly regarded as repetitive and minimalist, but in some works deviates from a purely minimalist style. His style of music has influenced many others including the g
Milhaud died in Geneva.
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