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DARIUS MILHAUND AND GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE
Submitted by: Jovelyn Grace V. Godoy
LES SIX
LES SIX MEMBERS Louis Durey Francis Poulenc Darius Milhaud Georges Auric Arthur Honegger Germaine Tailleferre
BUT WHO IS DARIUS MILHAUND? AND WHO IS GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE?
DARIUS MILHAUND
WHO IS DARIUS MILHAUND? French 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974 French composer and teacher Studied at Paris Conservatory In 1925, Milhaud married his cousin, Madeleine (1902–2008), an
actress and reciter The father of the painter and sculptor Daniel Milhaund To be counted among the modernist composers A talented composer who wrote in different styles He love jazz 1947 to 1971, he taught alternate years at Mills and the
Paris Conservatoire, until poor health, which caused him to use a wheelchair during his later years (beginning in the 1930s), compelled him to retire. He also taught on the faculty of the Aspen Music Festival and School. He died in Geneva at the age of 81, and he was buried in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery in Aix-en-Provence
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC?
His composition are influenced by jazz and make use of polytonality
Some of his music uses bitonality and polytonality
LIST OF HIS COMPOSITIONS: Darius Milhaud was very prolific and
composed for a wide range of genres. His opus list ended at 443.
B ► Ballets by Darius Milhaud (6 P) F ► Film scores by Darius Milhaud (11 P) O ► Operas by Darius Milhaud (4 P) S ► Symphonies by Darius Milhaud (14 P)
DARIUS MILHAUD SYMPHONY NO.2 OP 247 (1944)
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE
WHO IS GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE?
French 19 April 1892 – 7 November 1983 French composer Studied at Paris Conservatory . At the Paris Conservatory her skills were rewarded with prizes
in several categories. Most notably Tailleferre wrote 18 short works in the Petit livre de harpe de Madame Tardieu for Caroline Tardieu, the Conservatory’s Assistant Professor of Harp.
The only female member of Les Six In 1925, she married Ralph Barton, an American caricaturist, and
moved to Manhattan, New York. She remained in the United States until 1927 when she and her husband returned to France. They divorced shortly thereafter.
Germaine Tailleferre continued to compose right up until a few weeks before her death, on 7 November 1983 in Paris. She is buried in Quincy-Voisins, Seine-et-Marne, France
WHAT KIND OF MUSIC? Uses dance rythms Wrote about children and animals Wrote operas, concerti and many works for
the piano It includes serious concert works, film and
television score and popular works. It does not include arrangements, harmonisations or transcriptions. In the interests of clarity, some works which are essentially the same works with different titles (the Concerto for Soprano and Orchestra and the Concerto de la Fidelité, for example) have been omitted.
LIST OF HER COMPOSITIONS: 1909 Impromptu for piano 1910 Premières prouesses for piano four
hands 1910 Morceau de lecture for harp 1912 Fantasie sur thème de G. Cassade,
piano quintet 1913 Berceuse for violin/piano 1913 Romance for piano 1913–1917 Le petit livre de harpe de Mme
Tardieu 1917 Jeux de plein air for two pianos 1917–1926 Jeux de plein air for orchestra 1917–1919 String Quartet 1917 Calme et sans lenteur for piano trio 1918 Image for fl/cl/clt/pno/str 4tr 1918 Image for piano 4 hands 1919 Pastorale for piano, for L'Album des Six French text by Marthe Lacloche) 1950 Les marchés du sud, film music 1951 2ème Sonate for Violin and Piano 1951 Parfums, musical comedy 1951 Il etait un petit navire, opéra comique
(French libretto by Henri Jeanson) 1951 Suite "Il etait un petit navire" for two
pianos 1951–54 La bohème eternale, theatre music 1951(?) Chant chinois, for Piano 1951 Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra 1952 Sarabande de La guirlande de Campra,
for orchestra 1952 Seule dans la forêt, for piano 1952 Dans la clairière, for piano 1952 Concertino for Flute, Piano and String
Orchestra 1952 Sicilienne for Flute and Two Pianos 1952 Le roi de la creation, film music 1952 Valse pour le funambule for Piano 1952 Caroline au pays natal, film score 1952 Caroline au palais, film score
And many more compositions……
1909- IMPROMPTU FOR PIANO
THANK YOU I HOPE THAT YOU LEARN AND ENJOY THE SLIDES
