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) earlier works had been characterized by clear textures, limpid harmonies and relatively straightforward melodies, his music now takes on a more complex harmonic language, suggesting influence of contemporary Russian symphonists. Darius Milhaud (who attended seven consecutive performances) claimed that he knew nothing of the quality of "Chartreuse de Parme" since "Pelléas et Mélisande" or "Pénélope". Stravinsky situated the opera "in the line of Bizet, Delibes, Milhaud, Poulenc", while Charles Koechlin summed up his thoughts on the work in three words: "", and made a comparison with Chabrier. The work was broadcast by French radio. The opening of the first tableau