Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, the Ballet, Le Train Bleu, being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Le Train Bleu. Composed in 1924, Le Train Bleu is a Ballet based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau, and composed for the Ballets Russes. The title is taken from a night train called The Blue Train, which transported wealth passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. In hisreduction for Piano, Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation, complex rhythms, chromaticism, accidentals, harmonics, altering tempos, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, amongst other aspects. Milhaud 's Le Train Bleu is essential to all advanced pianists seeking modern and exciting repertoire./ Répertoire / Piano

en vingt-deux morceaux pour piano-Twenty-two pieces for Piano solo by French composer Darius Milhaud.

Pieces By Auric Durey Honegger Milhaud Poulenc And Tailleferre-In the early 20th century composer Erik Satie assembled a group of young musicians who rebelled against the music of Wagner and Debussy. Known as 'Les Six ' the avant-garde composers collaborated with the poet Jean Cocteau to present a highly successful theater program that became the rage of Parisian artistic circles in the 1920s. Suitable for intermediate- and advanced-level pianists this original compilation features 20 works by composers Georges Auric Louis Durey Arthur Honegger Darius Milhaud Francis Poulenc and Germaine Tailleferre. Reproduced from authoritative sources the contents include.

The seven pieces in this volume are excerpted from two ballet suites composed by Dave Brubeck. Struttin' and Doing the Charleston are from the four-movement set Glances. Also included are five selections from Points on Jazz: Prelude * Scherzo * Rag * Waltz * A la Turk. Brubeck himself describes Glances as my most Milhaud-inspired work, a tribute to the French composer with whom Dave studied composition. Points on Jazz was commissioned by the American Ballet Theatre and the cover of this incredible collection features Dave at the piano surrounded by the dancers. See also Seriously Brubeck (ELM02027).

Selected Pieces For Piano-“That’s all my neighbour ever plays!” Like Anne Sylvestre are you tormented by endless repetitions of Für Elise? Why not widen the repertoire of your budding musician with this collection of 38 whimsical pieces for Piano? Enhanced with an audio version accessible through a download card this anthology presents an array of pieces for students with 3 to 5 years of lessons under their belt. The warm miniatures from Accueil amical op. 326 by Darius Milhaud reflect his close ties with Paul Claudel’s family who hosted him often in New York during the war. Alexander Gretchaninov cheerfully cultivates “the art of beinga grandpa” (G. Sacre) enchanting pianists with his Historiettes and Promenade au bois. In Le coin de Claudinet Henri Tomasi offers some irresistible little tableaux such as the Réveil du petit soldat. Excerpts from Koechlin’s Douze petites pièces faciles and Tcherepnin’s Bagatelles as well as many other treasures composed by Hahn Bozza Albéniz and Borodin complete this fabulous collection.