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Arthur Honegger was a Swiss male composer and person whose professional work period began in 1912. Born on March 10, 1892, he died on November 27, 1955. His musical output is categorized within classical, contemporary classical, and 20th Century Classical genres.
His recorded works include *Giuditta*, *Amphion*, *For two violins*, *American première of Le roi David*, and *אני קומפוזיטור*. Honegger is associated with the quote, "Music is geometry in time."
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1955
- Works
- 96
Top works
- אני קומפוזיטור
- Giuditta
- Amphion
- For two violins
- American première of Le roi David
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1892-03-10
- Active to
- 1955-11-27
Discography
- Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 / Honegger: Symphony No. 3 "Liturgique"
- Une Cantate de Noël / Symphonie n° 31954
- Ravel: Boléro / La Valse / Honegger: Pacific 231 / Dukas: L’Apprenti sorcier1964
- New Swedish Instruments: Violino grande, Bolin Grand Piano1971
- The Impressionists1971
- Martinu / Debussy / Honegger1973
- Honegger: 5 Symphonies1976
- Les Quatuors à cordes1984
- Symphonie no. 3 “Liturgique” / Symphonie no. 5 “Di tre re”1984
- Satie: Socrate / Various: French Song Cycles1985
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26,677
- Total plays
- 160,939
Tags
Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which imitates the sound of a steam locomotive. Born Oscar-Arthur Honegger (the first name was never used) in Le Havre, France, he initially studied harmony and violin in Paris, and after a brief period in Zurich, returned there to study with Charl
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “Music is geometry in time.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Le Havre
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Andrée Vaurabourg
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Zurich University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Joan of Arc
- Student of
- Vincent d'Indy
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- soundtrack
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- arthur-honegger.com
- Image
- Photo Portrait of the swiss composer Arthur Honegger 1950 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5378 (cropped).jpg
Show 18 more facts
- birth name
- Oscar-Arthur Honegger
- P8168
- Steve Doocy
- member of
- Groupe des Six
- date of birth
- 1892-03-10
- date of death
- 1955-11-27
- topic's main category
- Category:Arthur Honegger
- Commons category
- Arthur Honegger
- student
- Ginette Martenot
- Commons gallery
- Arthur Honegger
- place of burial
- Saint-Vincent Cemetery
- unmarried partner
- Claire Croiza
- name in native language
- Arthur Honegger
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- list of works
- list of compositions by Arthur Honegger
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Arthur Honegger
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Arthur Honegger, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Honegger in 1928
Oscar-Arthur Honegger ( French: [aʁtyʁ ɔnɛɡɛʁ]; 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. 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".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arthur Honegger” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.