Milhaud was the most versatile, resourceful, and accomplished French composer of his time. These 5 chamber symphonies — dissonant, lightweight, anti-symphonic in their brevity, yet well crafted and charmingly lyrical — include Le printemps (Spring), written in 1917; Pastorale , 1918; Serenade , 1921; Dixtuor a cordes , 1921; and Dixtuor d'instruments a vent, 1922.