{"product_id":"24106-milhaud-darius-meditation-op-277-autograph-musical-manuscript","title":"Milhaud, Darius. (1892–1974) \"Méditation,\" op. 277 - Autograph Musical Manuscript","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAutograph musical manuscript of the important French avant-garde composer's 1947 work for solo piano.  In black ink, fifty-five measures on eight systems across 2 pp. (recto\/verso), Belwin Inc. Parchment brand manuscript paper, a few cancelations\/alterations in the same ink, signed and dated at the conclusion \"Mills 30 Avril  \/ Milhaud.\"  Two small tape repairs to the left edge, else fine. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e27.5 x 34.5 cm. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e From the collection of Jane Galante (1924 - 2010). \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe work was commissioned by the composer and pianist Elsa Baraine (1910-1999), but the first performance was not until 27 April, 1980 by Jane Galante at the San Francisco Women Musician's Club. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe Paul Collaer definitive works catalogue (edited by Jane Galante), p. 344, records the composition date and location as \"Mills, 30 April 1947,\" suggesting that the present manuscript was completed on the date of the work's original composition.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eJane Galante was a leader in San Francisco’s chamber music scene for more than 60 years as a pianist, scholar, board member, and vigorous advocate of music and education. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e She toured Europe and America with Ferenc Molnar, then principal violist of the San Francisco Symphony, and cellist Zara Nelsova, and performed with the cellist Lazlo Varga and harpist Anne Adams, also of the S.F. symphony. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eGalante taught for several years at Mills College, where she had earlier been a devoted student of Darius Milhaud. This led her in 1988 to publish the translation from the French of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarius Milhaud\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eby Paul Collaer (including the definitive catalogue of compositions); and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarius Milhaud Interviews With Claude Rostand.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFor this, she was decorated with the \u003cem\u003eChevalier de l’Ordre des Artes et des Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, by the government of France.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62058950885535,"sku":"24106","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Milhaud_DariusMeditationAMQS24106b.jpg?v=1759677390","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/24106-milhaud-darius-meditation-op-277-autograph-musical-manuscript","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}