The Symphony No. 12, Op. 390, subtitled ''La Rurale'', is a work for

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by French composer Darius Milhaud. The piece was written in 1961 for the dedication of the concert hall at the

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, a campus historically focused on agricultural studies. Milhaud's Twelfth Symphony is a four-movement work with a total running time of about 16 minutes. The titles of the movements, as descriptive of their character as of tempo, are as follows: # Pastoral (approx. 3'45") # Vif et gai (approx. 3'13") # Paisible (approx. 3'45") # Lumineux (approx. 5'00") This symphony is published by Heugel & Cie. Recordings of this symphony include a 1995 all-digital recording by

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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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External links

Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 12 (1 of 2) (07:09).Video - Darius Milhaud - Symphony No. 12 (2 of 2) (09:08).
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