Darius Milhaud

He studied composition under Charles Widor and harmony and counterpoint with André Gedalge. He secured a teaching post at Mills College in Oakland California where he collaborated with Henri Temianka and the Paganini Quartet. Life and career
Born in Marseilles to a Jewish family from Aix-en-Provence Milhaud studied in Paris at the Paris Conservatory where he met his fellow group members Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre.

Darius Milhaud (French pronunciation: ​[daʁjys mijo]; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer and teacher. Darius Milhaud is to be counted among the modernist composers.