Arthur Honegger

Synopsis

French-Swiss composer

• 1892 born in Le Havre, France to Swiss parents.
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For details, see the Wikipedia article on Arthur Honegger [1].

Oxford Music Online biography of Arthur Honegger: http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/subscriber/article/grove/music/13298?q=arthur+Honegger&search=quick&pos=1&_start=1#firsthit

List of Organ Works

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Op. ??	2 Pieces for organ: Fugue in C# minor, Choral	1917
Op. ??	Orgue dans l'eglise	c1910-1911
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Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

From Oxford Music Online:

"He developed unusual musical and dramatic forms in large-scale works for voices and orchestra, and was one of the 20th century's most dedicated contrapuntists, with a clear indebtedness to Bach. His language is essentially tonal but characterized by a highly individual use of dissonance. Despite his admiration for Debussy and Ravel, his music is often rugged and uncompromising."

"His student works sometimes display a striking indebtedness to Debussy and Ravel, but he soon found a more individual language."

"[Honegger's] musical language is fundamentally tonal and strongly characterized by qualities of unity and coherence. There is a stylistic eclecticism... with allusions ranging from Gregorian chant and Protestant hymns to jazz, but Honegger's frequent use of complex polyphony, and his consistent attention to architectural proportion and structure are constant reminders both of the unusually long time he spent on technical study and his aversion to compositional experimentation."

And from Wikipedia:

"The principal elements of Honegger's style are: Bachian counterpoint, driving rhythms, melodic amplitude, highly coloristic harmonies, an impressionistic use of orchestral sonorities, and a concern for formal architecture. His style is weightier and more solemn than that of his colleagues in Les Six."

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