Milhaud was a prolific and versatile composer who wrote in a variety of forms and styles, from the Opéras-minutes (1927–28), none of which is more than ten minutes long, to the epic Christophe Colomb (1928).
Milhaud var en produktiv og alsidig komponist, der skrev i forskellige former og stilarter, fra Opéras-minutes (1927-28), hvoraf ingen er mere end ti minutter lang til den episke Christophe Colomb (1928).