Madeleine Milhaud

Infobox Person
name = Madeleine Milhaud


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birth_date = birth date|1902|3|22
birth_place = Paris, France
death_date = death date and age|2008|1|17|1902|3|22
death_place = Paris, France
occupation = Stage actress and reciter

Madeleine Milhaud (March 22, 1902 – January 17, 2008) was the cousin and the wife of Darius Milhaud, a 20th-century French-Jewish composer.

Madeleine Milhaud was born in Paris. Her father, Darius' uncle, was from Aix-en-Provence, and her mother from Brussels. She began acting at a young age, and had a long career as an actress and reciter.

Darius and Madeleine Milhaud were married in 1925; they had one son, Daniel (born 1930), a painter. Darius' piano suite "La Muse Menagère" ("The Household Muse") is dedicated to her, and depicts their daily life together. She wrote the libretti for his operas "Médée" and "Bolivar".

References

* Milhaud, Madeleine & Clary, Mildred (2002). "Mon XXème siècle". Paris: Bleu Nuit Editeur.
* Nichols, Roger (1996). "Conversations with Madeleine Milhaud". London: Faber and Faber Limited.

External links

* [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/madeleine-milhaud-actress-wife-of-the-composer-776120.html Obituary]