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Article: Brazilian sources in Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le Toit: a discussion and a musical analysis. *.(Statistical Data Included)(Critical Essay)
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- Latin American Music Review
- Article date:
- March 22, 2002
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Introduction
Darius Milhaud spent almost two years in Brazil, during the period 1917-18, (1) as Embassy Secretary to Paul Claudel, (2) who was then heading the French diplomatic Legation in Rio de Janeiro. (3) The fascination that he developed for the country and its music is well known,' documented both by his written testimony (5) and by numerous works inspired (totally, or in part) by Brazil, such as L'Homme et son Desir (1918), Le Boeuf sur le Toit (1919), Saudades do Brazil (1921), Carnaval d'Aix (1926), (6) Scaramouche (1937), (7) Dancas de Jacaremirim (1945), and Le Globe Trotter (1957).
The subject of the present paper is the symphonic ballet Le ...