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Darius Milhaud, (born Sept. 4, 1892, Aix-en-Provence, France—died June 22, 1974, Geneva, Switz.), a principal French composer of the 20th century known especially for his development of polytonality (simultaneous use of different keys). Born of …

The Schubert Impromptu No 2 in A flat minor is really mostly built off a theme so warm and touching I would still love it if the piece just ended after the first repeat. However, …

“Le Bœuf sur le toit” (literally “the ox on the roof”), Op. 58 is a short piece for small orchestra by the composer Darius Milhaud, written in 1919–20. Milhaud conceived this piece as incidental music …

The D-minor Trio by Mendelssohn begins with a grand melody, announced by the cello, which leads into the violin’s second theme in A major, the entire movement carried forward in what seems a single, broad …

Many of Schumann’s later works are distinguished by their tendency to focus on single themes or motives. That’s particularly true of the A minor Sonata in its outer movements, which display a finely sustained and …