Darius Milhaud

Biography by Blair Johnston

Milhaud was one of the most prolific and varied musical stylists, and he established his reputation through being a member of Les Six.
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Composition Highlights

Title	Year	Genre
Scaramouche (3), suite for 2 pianos, Op. 165b	1937	Keyboard
Saudades do Brasil (12), suite of dances for piano, Op. 67	1920	Keyboard
La création du monde, ballet for orchestra, Op. 81	1923	Ballet
Le boeuf sur le toit, ballet for orchestra, Op. 58	1919	Ballet
Service sacre pour le samedi matin, for solo voice, reciter, chorus & orchestra (or organ), Op. 279	1947	Choral
Suite provençale, for orchestra, Op. 152a	1936	Orchestral
L'Homme et son désir, "poème plastique" (ballet) for 4 voices, 12 instruments & 15 percussion (or 2 pianos), Op. 48	1918	Ballet
Les Choëphores, incidental music for vocal quartet, narrator, chorus & orchestra (Orestiean Trilogy No. 2), Op. 24	1915	Show/Musical
La muse ménagère (15), suite for piano, Op. 245	1944	Keyboard
Concerto, for percussion & chamber orchestra (or piano), Op. 109	1929	Concerto
Scaramouche, suite for saxophone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165c	1939	Concerto
La Cheminée du Roi René (7), suite for wind quintet, Op. 205	1939	Chamber Music
Saudades do Brasil (12), suite of dances for orchestra, Op. 67b	1923	Orchestral
Poèmes juifs (8), songs for voice & piano, Op. 34	1916	Vocal Music
Sonatina for flute & piano, Op. 76	1922	Chamber Music
Suite for violin, clarinet & piano, Op. 157b	1936	Chamber Music
Scaramouche (3), suite for clarinet & orchestra (or piano), Op. 165d	1941	Concerto
Duo concertant, for clarinet & piano, Op. 351	1956	Chamber Music
Sonatina for clarinet & piano, Op. 100	1927	Chamber Music
Preludes (9), for organ, Op. 231b	1946	Keyboard