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Arthur Honegger (French: [aʁtyʁ ɔnɛɡɛːʁ]; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. A member of Les Six , his best known work is probably Antigone , composed between 1924 and 1927 to the French libretto by Jean Cocteau based on the tragedy Antigone by ...
Arthur Honegger (born March 10, 1892, Le Havre, France—died November 27, 1955, Paris) was a composer associated with the modern movement in French music in the first half of the 20th century. Born of Swiss parents, Honegger spent most of his life in France.
Arthur Honegger was born on the 10th of March, 1892, in Le Havre; he maintained his Swiss nationality all his life, as his parents were Helvetian and protestants; his father settled in Le Havre where he traded in coffee. Young Arthur had nothing of a child prodigy about him, but music was a large part of family life.
Arthur Honegger is one of the major composers of the twentieth century. Of Swiss nationality, born in France and living most of his life in Paris, he had both French and German influences.
His book of reminiscences I Am a Composer (1951) suggests personal disenchantment with his career. Honegger's double nationality was a prime factor in his development, combining a Protestant seriousness with the flair, opportunism, and outrageous showmanship of Parisian life in the twenties.
1945 : H 183 Un Ami viendra ce soir by Bernard. 1946 : H 185 Les Démons de l'aube by Allégret, in collaboration with Arthur Hoérée. 1946 : H 188 Un Revenant by Christian-Jacques, in collaboration with Arthur Hoérée, in which Honegger plays the composer. 1950 : H 201 Bourdelle by Lucot.
May 23, 2018 · Although Arthur Honegger (1892-1955) was a Swiss composer, he was identified with France because of his long residence in Paris. He was a middle-of-the-road 20th-century composer; as a result, some of his compositions were immediately popular.
Arthur Honegger (b. 1892–d. 1955) became one of the most famous composers in France in the decades following World War I. Of Swiss ethnicity—his parents were from Zürich—he was born in Le Havre and made Paris his permanent home.
The Swiss composer Arthur Honegger was born on 10 March 1892 at Le Havre in France. He studied mostly in Paris, including with Charles Widor and Vincent d'Indy. He was first noticed as a composer by way of his dramatic choral work King David (1921, orchestrated 1923).
Oscar Arthur Honegger Birth: Mar. 10, 1892 Le Havre, France Death: Nov. 27, 1955 Paris Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer in many genres, writing for the theatre, concert hall and for the cinema.
