Jack in the Box (Satie) Derain, and the music orchestrated by Satie's friend Darius Milhaud. The ballet received mainly negative comments: French critics called it "banal", while English critics decried it as "pert but hollow." It was also published as a short suite for solo piano in the form in which Satie left it. The piano and orchestral versions have both received numerous recordings. The work has three short movements, lasting less than seven minutes: All the movements are in C major, and all undergo many time changes between and , the changes often lasting for only a single measure at a time. The music
La chartreuse de Parme (opera) La chartreuse de Parme (opera) Armand Lunel was a teacher of philosophy in a lycée in Monaco who also carved out a career as a writer. As well as novels, he also wrote operatic libretti. In 1923 he had written the libretto of "Les Malheurs d'Orphée" for his friend Darius Milhaud, followed by "Esther de Carpentras". Sauguet was introduced to Lunel by Milhaud at the time of the premiere of "Les Malheurs d'Orphée" in Paris and met him again in 1927 during the preparations for Sauguet's ballet "La Chatte" for the Ballets Russes. The composition of "La Chartreuse de Parme"