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Milhaud Darius . 1892--1974, French composer; member of Les Six. A notable exponent of polytonality, his large output includes operas, symphonies, ballets, string quartets, and songs How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 1920, Henri Collet called "Les six" to the group of young French composers Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey, Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre. A student of Darius Milhaud, he is one of the acknowledged pioneers in the field of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Milhaud in rejecting Baillet's interpretation of the mirabilis scientia and proposing that "the plenitude of enthusiasm, the dream and the discovery are but one and the same event" (Maritain, 189n). |
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