Arthur Honegger
1892 — 1955
Oscar-Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher is “more even than Le Roi David or Pacific 231, his most universally popular work”.
Adapted from the Wikipedia article on Arthur Honegger.
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Arthur Honegger, a French composer of German extraction, became active in Paris from 1913, where he was recognized as the head of the ultra-modern group known as ‘The Six,’ according to The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924). This influential circle also included Auric, Durey, Milhaud, Poulenc, and Taillefer. Honegger, who studied with R. C. Martin and L. Capet, had by 1924 already composed a diverse array of works, including the opera Mort de Sainte Alméenne and the ballet Verite? Mensonge?. His output also featured a ‘mimic symphony’ titled Horace Victorieux, the symphonic poem Pastorale d’Été, and a Hymne for ten stringed instruments, alongside music for Méral’s Dit des Jeux du Monde and Morax’ Kénig David from 1921.