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Works
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Album des Six: Sarabande (1)
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Allegretto (1)
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Amphion (1)
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Amphion: Prélude, Fugue and Postlude (3)
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Antigone (1)
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Arioso for Violin and Piano (2)
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Cantate de Noël (6)
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Cantique de Pâques (1)
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Céline (version 2) (1)
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Cessez le feu: La chanson de l'Escadrille (1)
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Chanson de Ronsard (3)
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Chanson des Quatre (1)
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Chanson du Chariot de Thespis (1)
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Chansons (3) (1)
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Chansons (3) de la petite sirène d'Anderson (6)
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Chansons (3) de la petite sirène: no 1, Chanson des sirènes (1)
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Chansons (3) de la petite sirène: no 2, Berceuse de la sirène (2)
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Chansons (4) pour voix grave (1)
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Chansons (4) pour voix grave: no 1, La Douceur de tes yeux (1)
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Chansons (4) pour voix grave: no 2, Derrière Murcie en fleurs (1)
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Chansons (4) pour voix grave: no 3, Un grand sommeil noir (2)
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Chansons (4) pour voix grave: no 4, La terre, l'eau, l'air et le vent (2)
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Chant de joie (1)
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Christophe Colomb (1)
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Colloque for Flute, Harpsichord, Violin and Viola (2)
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Concertino for Piano (6)
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Concerto da camera for Flute, Cor anglais and Strings, H196 (1)
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Concerto da camera for Flute, English Horn and Strings (6)
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Concerto for Cello (12)
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Contrepoints (3) for Flute, English Horn, Violin and Cello (2)
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Crime et châtiment (2)
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Danse de la chèvre for Flute solo (17)
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Derrière Murcie en Fleur (1)
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Esquisses (2) for Piano (1)
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Fantasio (1)
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Farinet "L'or dans la montagne" (1)
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Fièvre jaune (1)
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Fugue and Chorale for Organ (4)
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Hommage à Albert Roussel (1)
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Hommage à Ravel (1)
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Hommage du Trombone experiment la tristesse de l'auteur absent (3)
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Horace Victorieux (2)
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Intrada for Trumpet and Piano (12)
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Introduction et Danse for Flute, Harp, Violin, Viola and Cello (2)
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J'avais un fidele amant for String Quartet (2)
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Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (4)
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Judith (1)
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L'idée (3)
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L'impératrice aux rochers (1)
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La danse des morts (3)
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La mort de Sainte Alméerne: Interlude (1)
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La rédemption de François Villon (1)
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La roue (1)
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La tempête (5)
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La tempête: Prelude (1)
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La tempête: Suite (1)
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Largo for String Orchestra (1)
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Laudate Dominum (1)
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Le cahier romand (1)
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Le Chant de Nigamon (2)
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Le déserteur (1)
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Le dit des jeux du monde (1)
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Le grand barrage (1)
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Le grand étang (1)
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Le roi David (9)
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Les aventures du roi Pausole (2)
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Les aventures du roi Pausole: Si vous saviez (1)
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Les démons de l'Himalaya (2)
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Les misérables (3)
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Les misérables: Mort de Jean Valjean (1)
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Les misérables: Musique chez Gillenormand (1)
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Mayerling (1)
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Mélodies-minutes (5): no 1, Jeanne (1)
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Mélodies-minutes (5): no 2, Adèle (1)
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Mélodies-minutes (5): no 3, Cécile (1)
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Mélodies-minutes (5): no 4, Irène (1)
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Mélodies-minutes (5): no 5, Rosemonde (1)
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Mermoz (1)
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Mermoz: Suite no 1 "La Traversée des Andes" (2)
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Mermoz: Suite no 2 "Le Vol sur l'Atlantique" (2)
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Mimaamaquim (2)
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Monopartita (3)
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Morceau de concours for Violin and Piano (2)
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Mouvement symphoniques (3): no 1, Pacific 231 (25)
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Mouvement symphoniques (3): no 2, Rugby (11)
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Mouvement symphoniques (3): no 3 (7)
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Napoléon (1)
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Napoléon: Les Ombres (2)
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Napoléon: Suite (1)
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Nature morte (2)
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Nicolas de Flue (1)
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Nitchevo: Nitchevo (1)
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Nitchevo: On est heureux (1)
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O salutaris (1)
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O temps suspends ton vol (2)
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Paduana for Cello (1)
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Panis angelicus (2)
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Paques à New York (1)
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Partita for 2 Pianos (1)
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Pastorale d'été (18)
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Petit Cours de Morale (2)
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Petite Pièce in G minor (1)
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Petite Suite for 2 Flutes and Piano no 2 (4)
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Phaedre, incidental music for 8 female vocalists & orchestra, H61: Imprecation de Thesee (1)
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Phaedre, incidental music for 8 female vocalists & orchestra, H61: Mort de Phaedre (1)
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Phaedre, incidental music for 8 female vocalists & orchestra, H61: Prelude (2)
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Pièces (3) for Piano (1910) (1)
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Pièces brève (7) for Piano (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Claudel (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Claudel: no 1, La sieste (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Claudel: no 2, Le delphinium (2)
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Poèmes (3) de Claudel: no 3, Le rendez-vous (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Paul Fort (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Paul Fort: no 1, Le chasseur perdu en forêt (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Paul Fort: no 2, Cloche du soir (1)
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Poèmes (3) de Paul Fort: no 3, Chanson de fol (1)
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Poèmes (4): no 1, Sur le basalte (1)
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Poèmes (4): no 2, Petite chapelle (1)
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Poèmes (4): no 3, Prière (1)
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Poèmes (4): no 4, La mort passe (1)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire (3)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 1, A la Santé (2)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 2, Clothilde (2)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 3, Automne (2)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 4, Les saltimbanques (2)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 5, L'adieu (2)
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Poèmes (6) d'Apollinaire: no 6, Les cloches (3)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau (2)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 1, Le nègre (1)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 2, Locutions (1)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 3, Souvenirs d'enfance (1)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 4, Ex-voto (1)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 5, Une danseuse (1)
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Poésies (6) de Jean Cocteau: no 6, Madame (1)
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Prélude et Danse (1)
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Prelude for Double Bass and Piano (1)
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Prélude pour Aglavaine et Sélysette (1)
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Prelude, Arioso and Fughetta on B-A-C-H (8)
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Psalms (3) (2)
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Psalms (3): no 1, Psalm 34 "Jamais ne cesserai" (2)
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Psalms (3): no 2, Psalm 140 "O Dieu donne-moi delivrance" (2)
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Psalms (3): no 3, Psalm 138 "Il faut que de tous mes esprits" (2)
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Quartet for Strings no 1 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 2 (1)
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Quartet for Strings no 3 (1)
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Rapsodie for 2 Flutes, Clarinet and Piano (2)
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Regain (2)
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Regain: Suite (1)
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Romance for Flute and Piano (7)
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Roses de métal: Blues (1)
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Saluste du Bartas (1)
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Scenic Railway for Piano (2)
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Sémiramis (1)
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Sérénade à Angélique (1)
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Sinfonie (1)
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Skating Rink (1)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano (5)
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Sonata for Viola and Piano (2)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 0 in D minor (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 (3)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 (3)
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Sonata for Violin solo (6)
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Sonatina for 2 Violins (4)
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Sonatina for Cello and Piano (4)
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Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano (12)
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Sonatina for Violin and Cello (7)
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Souvenir de Chopin (2)
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Suite archaique (2)
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Symphony no 1 (5)
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Symphony no 2 for Trumpet and Strings (18)
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Symphony no 3 "Liturgique" (18)
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Symphony no 4 "Deliciae basiliensis" (14)
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Symphony no 5 "Di tre re" (11)
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Toccata and Variations for Piano (1)
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Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (3)
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Villanelles (6) (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 1, Le Château du Bartas (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 2, Tout le long de la Baïse (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 3, Le départ (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 4, La promenade (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 5, Nérac en fête (1)
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Villanelles (6): no 6, Duo (1)
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Vivace (1)
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Vocalise-Étude (3)
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Biography |
by Robert Cummings
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Born in France to Swiss parents, Arthur Honegger was a major twentieth century composer whose musical style was more cosmopolitan than either French or Swiss. An almost exact contemporary of Prokofiev (1891-1953), he rivaled Poulenc as the most successful member of Les Six and was without doubt among the greatest French composers of his day. Stylistically, he was quite protean, eschewing the Impressionism of Debussy while absorbing certain features of neo-Classicism and taking on a sometimes brash and usually rugged expressive manner, always within a tonal context.
Honegger became proficient on the violin as a child, but also developed an interest in composition early on. His first work, an unorchestrated opera, Philippa, dates to 1903. He enrolled at the Zurich Conservatory while in his teens, where he studied composition with Friedrich Hegar and violin with Willem de Boer. He left after two years for the more prestigious Paris Conservatory in 1911, where he studied composition with Widor and Gédalge. Although he continued to take instruction on the violin there, he was clearly more interested in a career as a composer. In 1913, his family relocated to Zurich, but Honegger remained in Le Havre and commuted daily to Paris by train, perhaps one of the reasons he developed a fascination with locomotives. His first works began gaining exposure by 1916 and four years later, he and his conservatory friends Milhaud, Auric, and Tailleferre, along with Poulenc and Durey, found themselves aligned in the famous musical group called Les Six, a name coined by critic Henri Collet. Les Six was formed in reaction to Impressionism and Wagnerian ideas, but Honegger did not recognize any musical creed in his association with the group.
In 1923, Honegger composed one of his most famous works, Pacific 231 (Mouvement symphonique No. 1), a work whose motoric qualities were inspired by the sounds and rhythms of a locomotive. The piece was a tremendous success and spawned many imitations. In 1926, Honegger married a young, highly gifted French pianist Andrée Vaurabourg. The two rarely lived together during their marriage, owing to the composer's need for solitude in his creative activities. On concert tours, however, they apparently shared quarters and throughout their marriage were otherwise a happy, loving couple. The 1928 Rugby (Mouvement symphonique No. 2) was also a success for Honegger and is another example of the composer being inspired by an extra-musical interest: he was a sports enthusiast, especially of rugby. Honegger made many concert tours in the 1930s with his wife, who would perform his piano and chamber works or serve as accompanist to his songs. His concert and compositional activity was curtailed for a year when he nursed his wife along to recovery following a serious injury in a 1935 automobile accident. During the war years, Honegger taught at the École Normale de Musique and made many trips to Zurich, where his Symphony No. 2 (1940-1941) was successfully premiered by Paul Sacher and the Collegium Musicum on May 18, 1942. Honegger remained quite prolific during these dark years, especially in the realm of film music. He wrote 11 film scores in the period of 1942-1943, though some were collaborations with other composers, such as Jolivet. In 1947, on a concert tour in the United States, Honegger suffered a heart attack and thereafter his health declined, severely limiting his musical activities, with his wife tending to him in his final year. |
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