Milhaud

American  

[mee-yoh, mee-oh] / miˈyoʊ, miˈoʊ /

noun

1. Darius 1892–1974, French composer, in U.S. from 1940.

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Milhaud British  

/ mijo /

noun

1. 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

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

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023

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.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2023

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.

From Washington Times • Feb. 9, 2023

Across the three CDs you can find witty, sparkling transcriptions of Villa-Lobos and Milhaud, and of Rachmaninoff and Mussorgsky — and much else, too.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2022

Gaston Milhaud, Les philosophes-géomètres de la Grèce, p. 140 n.;

From Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy by Russell, Bertrand