Honegger Artur (1892-1955)
The life of Arthur Honegger, on the face of it, seems to have been fairly calm and straightforward: he lived in Paris, studied at the Conservatoire, travelled as his career required it, lived comfortably from his work, and had a private life free from scandal...
However, behind this innocuous facade hid a rich and complex personality, that needed independence and complete solitude to work, but loved the diversions of Parisian life; isolated, yet believing in his occupation of musician as an active member of society, and taking part in the life in the city; composing and making his fortune with an operetta, but loving music for its solemness and austerity; celebrated for having revived the oratorio, but regretting the fact that he could not only compose operas; expressing wonderfully the Hope in his work with Claudel and his second symphony, but tormented by doubt and finally surrendering to absolute pessimism faced with the ludicrousness of the world and man... Yes, Arthur Honegger is a complex individual, impossible to label, but whose music, nevertheless, is immediately recognisable: the work of a craftsman in his trade, who federates the diversity of his talents with an artistic personality that is both strong and powerful.
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