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“It is curious how people go on believing that the musician knows less about what he is doing than those that judge him.”

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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud was a French composer whose extensive output and influence on 20th-century music are well-documented. His works spanned a variety of genres, including neoclassicism and atonality, and he was a key member of the Group of Six. more

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