Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1921-1943.

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Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1921-1943.

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Among the specific topics that arise are Milhaud's support of Leonide Massine's idea to choreograph a piece based on Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire; Milhaud's conception and writing of his opera Maximilien, based on Werfel's play Juarez und Maximilian; his praise for the pianist Youra Guller; and the possiblity of Milhaud's writing music for Werfel's play Jacobowsky and the Colonel.

14 items (17 leaves).

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

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Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...