Arthur Honegger

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"Arthur Honegger was a composer, conductor and accompanist, of Swiss Protestant parentage. He was born in Le Havre on March 10, 1892 but lived in Paris most of the time. He married Andree Vaurabourg, a pianist and fellow student at the Paris Conservatoire. They had one daughter, Pascale, born in 1932. He also had a son, Jean-Claude, with Claire Croiza, a singer.

He studied at the conservatory in Zürich from 1909 to 1911 and then to Paris Conservatoire (from 1911), where his teachers included d'Indy for orchestration and Widor for composition. Then he returned to Switzerland for military service (1914-1915). It was also in Paris where he met the other future members of the famous 'Les Six' composers including Milhaud and Poulenc. The other members of "Les Six" French composers were Tailleferre, Auric and Durey.

Honegger also pioneered "serious" film music. His scores included those for Abel Gance's masterpiece Napoleon and the 1934 French version of Les Miserables. His inluence on American film music can be seen mainly in the aims and work of Miklos Rózsa"

Les Miserables [Arthur Honegger] (Marco Polo Records 1934)


Musique De Films Et De Scène [Arthur Honegger]