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creative person has a special gift is private vision off the world. Theo artist through words, images, music, ideas, touches our view of the 20th century. If you can reach my age, then you have a lot off marvelous things that happen. And in my particular case, it

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has lost a long time because other I'm born in 18 92. The celebrations on my 70th anniversary began in 1962 because it for the year off my anniversary Rambo in September I will be still 70 until September 63 than for two years they were. In spite

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of his long illness due to arthritis, Darius Meo has remained exceptionally active as a composer, teacher and conductor. Meo Festival at Mills College in California in 1963 was a testament to the composer's enduring vitality. Hello for the Sameh bobbles, and they are a team O E

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O. Oh, yeah A. The one of the more prolific composers of the 20th century, Darius Meo has been writing music for more than 55 years. He was very much a part of that vital and exciting period in Paris in the early 19 twenties. The

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period sparked by such figures is the writer Jean Cocteau. Composers such as Erik Satie, Ravel, Stravinsky and by members of a group known as the Six Georgia Wreak. Louis Door, a. Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Jemaine, Talavera and Darius Meal. One of the evenings at the Mayo

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Festival, was devoted to an evocation of the 19 twenties and was introduced by the composer and his wife, Madeline. Now we're going to make a little trip back in the past. That means the 19 twenties are always absolutely furious when I hear people speaking of the

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twenties, I ous the silly twenties because it was the most exciting period that I had had the joy of living through. It was just after the first World War, and everything seem possible because we all had a great hope that the world war were ended forever.

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There was a period off joy off really waas piece coming, and during all the experiences that we did at this time, the jazz appeared coming from America and had a very shaking influence. Then everybody was very much intrigued by all the rhythms and the new timbers

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that came to Europe from Broadway, off from Harlem and local musicians were interested by the handling all those possibilities. Stravinsky made his wonderful right time for 11 instruments, and I had always the idea toe try toe Take the jazz out off the dancing hall toe, bringing

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Bring it in the concert hall, which later idea with the national demon. But try a little experience. I wrote a shimmy, which for the dance Father Al Ahmad in the twenties. And, uh, it's not really she me like the she means that you could hear. This

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time it is, perhaps I would say the same difference that you have between a photograph and a portrait bay by contemporary painter. It's the photograph. It is not the photograph off. She me. It is the portrait off the shimmy. And for that, as in the jazz

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bonds off these times there there were always a little song, which waas hand by one of the musicians Rock Cocteau wrote a little poem toe Add in this, uh, little shimmy, which is very data east minded and which also made the peace more portrait off. See

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me. But I insist a little bit on that, but I think I wanted to do it and then We made a rough translation off this poem that Madeline is going to read you. You all know what parable move means, I suppose. Soft, soft candy or soft

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caramel. Take a young girl filler, Fill her up with ice and gin. Shake it up to Macon androgen and send her back to her family. Hello? Hello, Operator. Don't disconnect. May Don't connect me. Don't connect me. Don't. Oh, how sad it is to be the king

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of animals. Oh, love is the greatest of all pain. Take a young girl, put on her lips a dash of bitter and shake it all and send her back to her family. I know a man who was so unhappy in love that he played shoppers deductions

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on the drum. Hello. Hello, Operator. Don't disconnect. May. I was speaking to take a young girl Still hap with ice and gin. Don't you think that art is a little shake it up to make an androgen and sent her back to her family? When says to

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the child, wash your hands. One doesn't say Wash your teeth. Caramel move. Yeah, I have no idea. Now my wife told you that caramel move means a soft camel, but also it is related toe the full claw off the theater. Because in 1920 we didn't have

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those little chocolate ice cream called Eskimo Classic. And during the during the intermissions, we could hear all the pressures saying caramel move past smart cards on now, caramel Move on. Yeah, E e

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e o me. Oh, probably was the first classical composer to use the jazz idiom, and I don't think it's ever been used better since I'm referring to creation of the world. Then he used it. Dave Brubeck, jazz composer and pianist, is a former student of MEOWS.

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He seemed to use it just at the correct time in his own development in in the development of jazz and the way it could be a new fresh spirit in classical music. Yeah, is on the release. An article. Better gin look away too. Oh, for a

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very numbers, give a little other body e o e o e e. Okay, slugger. E

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way e e O. Mm hmm. Um, man e Booth. All right, Mr Meal. What were the critics reactions to your

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first jazz pieces? How would you know the normal one? That means that when the pressure was performed, all the critics say that it was awful that it calls music for 10 years later they say that it was a masterpiece and my best. Has this happened with

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other works of yours? Oh yes, practically. I wouldn't say all because now I am old and my music is more easily accepted. But for a long, long time has been always the same story. That's why I will never impressed by what is said about my music.

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Music historians associate Darius Meal with a group called the Six Mr Bill. How did this group come into being? We'll know. After the 1st 12 war, the musicians off the same generation gave you concerts together that we never had the idea of counting ourselves. Yeah, and

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one day after concert music critic wrote an article that Waas called the five Russians in the sixth French. Why did you pick up our six names? I think he he only should know because on this program after this concept we were seven, several more where there

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were seven or eight composers involved. Then we said Society way are the six. We are the sixth on the matter that all the concerts were organized were called the Corsair. All the places, all of the composer's derived from the same musical tradition. No at all, because

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we're all very different. I am myself in the Mediterranean. In tradition, honey gear was more, uh, Germanic tradition. Tuna Henrik, uh, coming from I could call that the folklore of Paris German day fare from the traditional division of Bavaria. Now, in your autobiography, you speak of

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yourself is a Mediterranean lyricist. Would you tell me something more about what that means? Well, it means that I think that the most important element in music is the melody. But, uh, you know, it's always divided melody, harmony, rhythm. But I think the three are extremely

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important within emphasize Put on the melody climb because that is really the vital part Off off the so called inspiration you give concerts together. Did you see each other regularly? Regularly? Yeah, way were informed. Start contact together on we took the habit toe, uh, have dinner

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together every Saturday. No common musicians, but with cook toe sometimes that he didn't like toe come too much. But he came several time. Some writers like Saturday for more, uh, the poet R G G, and some interpreters like a lasting mayor. Sometimes some painters Picasso came

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once or twice defeat to How would you describe one of those evenings? Well, well, General gathering wars at my house. And after that, we went toward Little Festival, which was generally close on Saturday. Then they open it for us on day that we were in a

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quiet place. You see, after dinner, we came back home. We went toe. Far more matter if it was going on all very often, toe the Medrano circus because we liked very much all the sketches that a tyranny very known towns made way went nearly every Saturday.

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We made a little tour around and not Medrano or to the fair. And then we came back home, and we heard the new piece written during the We call the poems off. Even sometimes, part of the book, which has bean recently written by one of us

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that kept us off very beautiful contact between this little car and well, things off this sort never last because life disrupt everything, which means that we began all toe travel on toe, have concerts and go toe give concerts in foreign countries. And then finally we were

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not all together. And finally it was a little bit like a family dinner. You know, that has its charm, but sometimes it seems a little boring to then. Finally, the Saturdays died by themselves. A man like Jean Cocteau who was not part of the six but

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part of the circle of friends that you're describing. What role did he play? Well, because Talkto had published after the war book, which has had all kinds off statements that the younger members of a group, Pollak and Rick, are, uh, approved very much. And, uh, he

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has always being present toe all our concerts. And yeah, we would say that Hey, Waas, the seventh of the group of Six, like you, said that there is 1/4 person in the Three Musketeers. Among the many works prepared for presentation of the Meal Festival, where meows

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one act Opera Media, with the libretto by Madeline Meo, a ballet Adam memoir based on a scenario by Jean Genie, with music by Meo and choreography by Rebecca Fuller. And the PSD Medusa, described as a one act comedy by Erik Satie with music by the same

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gentleman. Sati was one of the more enigmatic and controversial figures in French music. On Madeline Meo describes some of the problems in producing his play. The first thing Waas off course to try to explain but very strange character. Eric Set Iwas, except he was not a

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playwright, as you know it was his only play on was Probably Very Much Bay It Waas based on his own character and his way off being, I must say that man was gay, nice and violent and with no reasons which was sometimes I'd rather frightening. So

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Fred Schuler played marvelously that part. But in the beginning I realized that they couldn't be. It couldn't be one single actor who could come close from the character if one hadn't explains a little and how he waas Uh huh. Five and 3 11. I put down

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four Carry six two and 7 18. That's it. Yeah, game. I'm losing 60,000 francs. I can't understand it. The top six I'm winning two million. Mr Meo was Fred Schuler consciously made up to look like a tea. I think that has been already done once The

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first performance of Waas, then in in Paris once. And it is Pierre Burton who performed it and not Hey, look, perhaps less like subtly. But he spoke like him on board for that I'm using. I'm a stay. You know, my devotion that I was happy to

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bring here, prepare the middle. You pray that little play that he wrote in 1913 on which is cut by a few little musical interventions for the dance off stuff E e o no. What relation did Eric Sati play to this group? A kind

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off luck of bringing person, no friend. He always loved youth. And we were the young people at this time. Then he went with us on. He sponsored us makes, um, uh presentation of our works. And we always include some of his works in our concepts because

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we all love the old man. You had great admiration and love for him. Yes, immense, because he he brought toe music kind off at the same time. Serenity and fantasy, which was terribly lacking on it, was a good example for us then. Also, he was a

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man off so straight without any kind of concessions, and that we admired very much the names of two other composers come to mind here. WC and Ravel. What was your relationship to these men? I have always had an enormous devotion for BBC. I love his music,

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and I have always loved it, and I never liked the other music question off taste. I am allergic to a well, and he knew it very well. And he was a man so generous that we remain in very good terms. Always on more than that. When

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he was traveling and he waas interview about the so called new music, which means in the twenties, he very nice always mentioned my name as the composer he thought would be one of the important ones on the next generation, which waas more than generals as he

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just knew that I dislike his worth. The Media festival is subtitled An Age of Youth, and it seems evidence that you yourself have maintained a most youthful attitude towards your life and work well. That's the lesson off city, because City always was interested by youth and

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once he told me. But it was so would like so much to hear the music that the kids off four years old, four years old, would write later. One of the concerts in the festival is titled The Young Americans. Now, Mr Mayo, do you find any

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similarity between the spirit of these young composers and the composers of the 20th? No, because it's a different period, you know, it's a different period, and the great difference is that after the first World War of all this kind of optimism, of which I referred a

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moment ago and after the Second World, there was a a sentiment off anguish off fear, off insecurity. During the three days of the Neo festival, five different works of the composer were performed on Opera, Ballet String Quartet, the shimmy for jazz band and singer, and a

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new work for seven instruments and speaking voice. The Sweet Quatrano, the Meal catalog. This more than 400 works. Meo is one of those few composers who seem to be able to write for almost any medium. He has written string quartets, Sonatas, symphonic suites, symphonies, chamber orchestra,

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symphonies, operas, ballets, can charity and scores from many motion pictures and for television, Mr Mayo, some people have suggested that you are almost too prolific as a composer. Do you have any comment to make on this? Yes. I don't think it's so much. You know, I'm

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going to tell you why. Because I am now going to begin my office. 403 But I am 70 years old. And if you think that most are Seubert Madison died before there were 40 and that there is more than 600 office from more top, for instance.

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Then I looked like a laser boy. Which of your works do you like best? That's the next one. The next work I forget. My path works where I fought. And I think that's a very good thing. It this way E over a Let let me clothe.

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Name Reapers off Syria. I bet you know you found it. A light. Thank you. Okay. Yeah.