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Honegger, Arthur Oscar

 
Description: Artist: Composer / Genre: Classical

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 ... ways. Like all of “Les Six”, Honegger wrote his fair share of film music. However, he was always the most peripheral member, and he was perhaps the only one who rejected the doctrine that “smaller is better” and embraced more expansive forms. As this would suggest, he was less anti-German than his contemporaries, and this translated into a generalised abhorrence of war, when it occurred, as opposed to specific hatred of the Germans. He wrote five symphonies, and all end pessimistically b...more

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Arthur Honegger was born in 1892, in France, to Swiss parents. He lived until 1955, experiencing two world wars and being deeply affected by both of them. Honegger is best known as a member of "Les Six", a group of six French composers who grouped themselves together during the 1920s and followed the aesthetic of film-maker Jean Cocteau. They were also influenced by Erik Satie, a highly eccentric avant-garde composer who was also writing at this time in France. François Poulenc was the most famous member, although his success was largely achieved after the six composers went their own separate ways. Like all of “Les Six”, Honegger ...  Read the complete review

 

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