| Question 1: On a trip to the United States in 1922, Darius Milhaud heard "authentic" jazz for the first time, on the streets of ________, [1] which left a great impact on his musical outlook. | |||
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| Question 2: ________ (though he left his studies early) | |||
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| Question 3: He secured a teaching post at Mills College in Oakland, California, where he collaborated with ________ and the Paganini Quartet. | |||
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| Question 4: His compositions are influenced by ________ and make use of polytonality (music in more than one key at once). | |||
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| Question 5: In an extraordinary concert there in 1949, the ________ performed the composer's 14th String Quartet, followed by the Paganini's performance of his 15th; and then both ensembles played the two pieces together as an octet. | |||
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| Question 6: He studied composition under ________ and harmony and counterpoint with André Gédalge. | |||
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| Question 7: As a young man he worked for a while in the diplomatic entourage of Paul Claudel, the eminent poet and dramatist, who was serving as French ambassador to ________. | |||
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| Question 8: (French) A biography of Darius Milhaud, from ________'s website. | |||
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| Question 9: Born in Marseilles to a Jewish family from ________, Milhaud studied in Paris at the Paris Conservatory where he met his fellow group members Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre. | |||
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| Question 10: The following year, he completed his composition "La création du monde" ("The Creation of the World"), using ideas and idioms from jazz, cast as a ________ in six continuous dance scenes. | |||
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