THE OX ON THE ROOF Family Concert

The orchestral fantasy "The Ox on the Roof" [Le bœuf sur le toit] by the French composer Darius Milhaud owes its title to a popular Brazilian song that he discovered on a trip to South America. But perhaps the title was also inspired by a Parisian urban legend about a man who lived on the top floor of an apartment building and had a pet calf that quickly and fatally turned into a full-grown ox. He actually wanted to use the piece as accompanying ...