Milhaud, Darius

French composer and teacher Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded Jacob's Dreams being no exception. Milhaud's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality as exemplified in Jacob's Dreams. Composed in 1949 Jacob's Dreams is a dance suite written for Oboe Violin Viola Cello and Double Bass. It is an alternative exciting suite based on the dreams of Jacob in the Bible and made up of five movements; 1) Jacob's Pillow 2) The first dream (the angel's ladder) 3) Prophecy 4) Second dream(fight with the dark angel and benediction) and 5) Israel (Hymn). Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation complex rhythms chromaticism accidentals harmonics altering tempos variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura amongst other aspects. Milhaud's Jacob's Dream is essential to all advanced ensembles seeking modern and exciting repertoire.

French composer and teacher Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th Century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded String Quintet No. 2 being no exception. Milhaud's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality as exemplified in String Quintet No. 2 which is the second of four String Quintets by the composer. Composed in 1952 String Quintet No. 2 is an alternative exciting String Quintet for 2 Violins Viola Cello and Double Bass. Milhaud makes use of variation in bowings complex rhythms chromaticism alteringtempos double stops harmonics variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura among other aspects. Milhaud's String Quintet No. 2 is essential to all advanced String Quintets seeking modern and exciting repertoire.

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. Third of the series of ; Quatre Visages by Darius Milhaud, III. La Bruxelloise is a short piece for Alto and Piano. Easy to play, it still requires some technique of the instrument and some theory knowledge to read in different keys. The book includes the parts for Viola and Piano and for Viola only. The music, quite slow, is really delicate and is supposed to represent a Belgian girl coming from Brussels. She is part of the four faces with: I. The Californian girl, II. The Wisconsonian and IV. The Parisian girl. Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a French modernist composer and a teacher. Hewas also part of Les Six and was strongly influenced by Jazz. His opus list ended at 443./ Répertoire / Alto et Piano