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Darius Milhaud: A Guide to Resources at the Library of Congress

Manuscript Writings and Correspondence

Photographer unknown. Darius and Madeleine Milhaud. Undated. Aaron Copland Collection. Library of Congress Music Division.

This section outlines the Music Division's holdings of correspondence in the hand of Darius Milhaud, as well as typed correspondence from Milhaud to other prominent figures such as Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Also included in this section is the holograph manuscript of Milhaud's autobiography Notes sans musique. The Music Division received the manuscript from Milhaud as a gift in 1964. The correspondence offers unique insight into Milhaud's commissioning and compositional networks, conducting and teaching engagements, and travel itineraries in the years leading up to and including his emigration to the United States.

Unpublished correspondence to and from Milhaud that is not included in a special collection is classed as ML95 .M459 unless otherwise indicated. Please refer to the guide's Music Literature section for information about published collections of correspondence to and from Milhaud.

The following titles link to fuller bibliographic information in the Library of Congress Online Catalog. Links to additional online content are included when available.