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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 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. He studied at the Zürich Conservatory and after 1912 at the Paris Conservatory.
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.
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.
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.
