The Symphony No. 11, Op. 384, nicknamed ''Romantique'', is a work for

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by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1960 on a joint commission from the

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and the Dallas Public Library, and received its premiere under conductor Paul Kletzki. Milhaud's Eleventh Symphony is a three-movement work with a total running time of about 19 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows: # Intense (approx. 4'20") # Méditatif (approx. 9'30") # Emporté (approx. 5'15") This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie. Recordings of this symphony include a 1995 all-

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and the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Basel, part of a boxed set of Milhaud's Symphonies No. 1–12 on CPO.

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Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 11 (1 of 2) (14:02).Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 11 (2 of 2) (05:24).
{{Portalbar, Classical Music Symphony 11 1960 compositions Music commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra