Darius Milhaud (1892-1974)

Les cloches (1946)

ballet for ensemble


stage work

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1946
    • Duration: 27 mn
    • Publisher: Eschig
    • Opus: 259
    • Commission: Ruth Page
    • Dedication: M.D.M.
    • Libretto (details, author):

      D'après Edgar Allan Poe.

Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes, oboe, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, piano, drum kit, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 26 April 1946

    Performers:

    Chicago University Ballet.

Table of contents

  • Overture
  • Silver Bells
  • Golden Bells
  • Brazen Bells
  • Iron Bells
  • Bacchanale