ARTHUR HONEGGER
- b. Le Havre (France), 3-10-1892
- d. Paris (France), 11-27-1955
Born in France of Switzerland parents, it is considered as the greatest Swiss composer of all times, as well as an important and influential figure in the Paris of the twenties. Member of the designated Group of The Six, together with Francis Poulenc, Darius Milhaud, Georges Auric, Louis Durey and Germaine Tailleferre, whom postulating for a withdrawal of the impressionism and the Wagner influence, there was never an authentic musical point in common among them, therefore were separated in very divergent careers. Honegger devoted his efforts, once established his style, to a certain symphonic and coral upgrading of the French music, as well as was one of the first serious pioneers of film music (in fact it was a projection of Les Miserables (1934) what convinced Miklós Rózsa of the possibilities of the new medium).
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