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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.
Feb 18, 2021 · Arthur Honegger - Symphony No. 3 'Liturgique', H.186 (1945-1946) Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Conducted by Herbert von Karajan Movement One: Dies Irae.
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.
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.
