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The Short Version: Ox

Posted at 11:47 AM on April 14, 2011 by Bill Morelock
Filed under: The Short Version

A stint in the French diplomatic corps landed Darius Milhaud in Brazil during World War I. His music bore a slight Portuguese accent ever after. But the more famous his works became the more their language bred unauthorized etymologies.

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