Arthur Honegger
Swiss composer (1892-1955) · Switzerland · Musicians · Died at 63
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Something wrong?A Swiss composer who spent most of his life in Paris, Honegger belonged to Les Six - the loose collective of French modernists who defined interwar music - and wrote everything from oratorios to a symphonic poem about a steam locomotive.
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Photo Portrait of the swiss composer Arthur Honegger 1950 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5378 (cropped)
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Arthur Honegger & Andrée Vaurabourg 1925
Arthur Honegger & Claire Croiza 1925
Arthur Honegger & Claire Croiza with son Jean-Claude, 1926
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Arthur Honegger (01)In their own words 1
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Spouse: Andrée VaurabourgAbout this person
Oscar-Arthur Honegger was born in France on 10 March 1892, though Swiss by nationality, and settled in Paris for most of his working life. He joined Les Six, the group of composers pushing back against Romanticism in the 1920s. His output ranged widely: Pacific 231, a kinetic orchestral piece evoking a locomotive, became one of his signatures, while the oratorio Le Roi David established his command of large-scale sacred drama. But it was Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher - a staged oratorio on Joan of Arc - that became his most universally popular work. He died in Paris on 27 November 1955.
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