Milhaud's "La Création du Monde" Premiered Today in 1923!

On this day in 1923, Darius Milhaud's ballet La Création du Monde premiered in Paris' Théâtre des Champs Elysées. One of the earliest and most masterful blends of Western art music and American jazz, the work is a stunning synthesis! Check out my favorite recording on YouTube, with Leonard Bernstein conducting, or listen to me conduct the work in my recordings section! Finally, collegiate ensembles should think of programming the work, in which consider reading up and using the modern percussion edition in my analysis of the work!