1892 b. September 4th. in Marseilles into a Jewish family. French Musician
1916 Travelled to Brazil. 1918 Returned to Paris. Friendship with Erik Satie. 1919 A regular at Jean Cocteau's apartment together with Marie Laurencin and Raymond Radiguet. Article in Litterature. Composes Le Boeuf sur le Toit. 1920 meets Tristan Tzara. First performance by Les six: Georges Auric, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Arthur Honegger ->, Germaine Tailleferre ->. 1922 visited USA. Played at the opening night of Le Boeuf sur le Toit, (Jean Cocteau's nightclub named after his composition). 1923 Soiree du coeur a barbe. 1925 m. his cousin, Madeleine Milhaud ->. 1933 Edward James commissions an Opera. 1940 Fled Paris. Hiding on the Estate of Comtesse Lily Pastre in Marseille together with Andre Masson and his family, Francis Poulenc, Pablo Casals -> and Josephine Baker. Fled to America. Dave Brubeck -> was one of his pupils. 1947 Returned to Paris. 1952 Visited Israel. 1974? d. June 22nd. in Geneva. See wiki ->; and wiki(Fr) ->and bio ->. See Timeline