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Arthur Honegger was a Swiss composer who lived from 1892 to 1955 and created influential classical music during the early-to-mid 20th century. He is remembered as an important figure in modern composition whose work helped shape the sound of contemporary classical music.
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Film & TV
Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure [now Seine-Maritime], France
Known for
- A Lover's Return — Self1946
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Arthur
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Le Havre
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Andrée Vaurabourg
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Zurich University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- Joan of Arc
- Student of
- Vincent d'Indy
- Field of work
- music
- Genre
- soundtrack
- Instrument
- violin
- Official website
- arthur-honegger.com
- Image
- Photo Portrait of the swiss composer Arthur Honegger 1950 - Touring Club Italiano 11 5378 (cropped).jpg
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- birth name
- Oscar-Arthur Honegger
- P8168
- Steve Doocy
- member of
- Groupe des Six
- date of birth
- 1892-03-10
- date of death
- 1955-11-27
- topic's main category
- Category:Arthur Honegger
- Commons category
- Arthur Honegger
- student
- Ginette Martenot
- Commons gallery
- Arthur Honegger
- place of burial
- Saint-Vincent Cemetery
- unmarried partner
- Claire Croiza
- name in native language
- Arthur Honegger
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- list of works
- list of compositions by Arthur Honegger
- start of work period
- 1912-00-00
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Arthur Honegger
- municipal affiliation of a Swiss national
- Zurich
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Arthur Honegger, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Honegger in 1928
Oscar-Arthur Honegger ( French: [aʁtyʁ ɔnɛɡɛʁ]; 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. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher is "more even than Le Roi David or Pacific 231, his most universally popular work".
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