MILHAUD, DARIUS

DARIUS MILHAUD (Born in Aix-en-Provence, France, 1892 — Died in Oakland, California, 1974) Darius Milhaud was a student at the Paris Conservatory, where he won awards in violin, counterpoint, and fugue. His studies were interrupted by World War I and he did not return to Paris until 1919 when be became associated with the group of young French composers known as “Les Six.” This group felt that French music had become a slave to impressionism and could be freed only through simplicity. They…