MILHAUD, Darius 1892-1974

[Op. 42]. Le Retour de l'Enfant Prodigue Cantate pour 5 voix et 21 instruments Texte d'André Gide ... Deutsche Übertragung von R. S. Hoffmann Réduction pour Chat et 2 Pianos. [Piano-vocal score]

Wien - Zürich - London: Universal Edition [PN U. E. 12503], [ca. 1970].

Folio. Original publisher's mid-blue printed wrappers. 1f. (recto title, verso contents and orchestration), 3-124 pp. In French and German.

Wrappers slightly browned at edges and spine.

First performed in 1917.

"[Milhaud] was associated with the avant garde of the 1920s, whose abundant production reflects all musical genres. A pioneer in the use of percussion, polytonality, jazz and aleatory techniques, his music allies lyricism with often complex harmonies. Though his sources of inspiration were many and varied, his music has compelling stylistic unity... The opera Médée is perhaps his finest work of [the 1930s]: a fascinating study of a woman scorned, graphically portrayed in some of the composer’s most angular, expressionist music." Jeremy Drake in Grove Music Online.

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