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Arthur Honegger +••.••(...)) Danza de la Cabra, para Flauta sola Interpretada por Claudio Barile (Flauta) en el marco de la Semana Musical Llao Llao realizada en Bariloche en el año 2006. Nacido como Oscar-Arthur Honegger (nunca usó su primer nombre), de padres suizos en Le Havre, Francia estudió en principio armonía y violín en su ciudad natal. Tras una formación durante dos años en Zúrich, ingresó en el Conservatorio de París, donde estuvo de 1911 a 1918 y estudió con Charles-Marie Widor y Vincent d'Indy. Su presentación como compositor en París data de 1916 y en 1918 escribió el ballet Le dit des jeux du monde, considerada como su primera obra característica. En 1926 se casó con Andrée Vaurabourg, pianista y condiscípula en el Conservatorio de París, con la condición de que viviesen en apartamentos diferentes. Vivieron separados durante todo su matrimonio, con la excepción de los años de 1935 a 1936, tras sufrir Varaubourg un accidente de tráfico, y en el último año de vida de Honegger, cuando no pudo valerse. Tuvieron una hija, Pascale, nacida en 1932. Honegger también tuvo un hijo, Jean-Claude +••.••(...)), con la cantante Claire Croiza. A comienzos de la década de 1920, Honegger saltó a la fama con su "salmo dramático" Le Roi David, que aún está en el repertorio coral. Entre las dos guerras mundiales Honegger fue muy prolífico. Compuso la música para la película épica de 1927 Napoleon, de Abel Gance. Escribió nueve ballets y tres obras escénicas vocales, entre otras obras. Una de esas obras escénicas, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (1935), un "oratorio dramático" (con texto de Paul Claudel), se contempla como una de sus mejores obras. Además de su trabajo en solitario, colaboró con Jacques Ibert tanto en una ópera (L'Aiglon, 1937) como en la opereta Les petites cardinal. En esta época también escribió la Danse de la chèvre (1921), una pieza esencial en el repertorio de flauta. Dedicada a René le Roy, esta obra es viva y encantadora, pero con la misma sinceridad de toda la producción de Honegger.
Oscar Arthur Honegger Christian Ferras Charles Marie Widor Vincent Indy Indy Claire Croiza David King Claudel Jacques Ibert Bach Benjamin Britten Darius Milhaud Francis Poulenc Britten Sinfonia 1892 1911 1916 1918 1921 1923 1926 1927 1932 1935 1936 1937 1940 1946 1955 2003
Arthur Honegger - Sonata for Solo Violin Violin - Christian Ferras ————————————————————————— Arthur Honegger (French: [aʁtyʁ ɔnɛɡɛːʁ]; 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. He was a member of Les Six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive. Born Oscar-Arthur Honegger (the first name was never used) to Swiss parents in Le Havre, France, he initially studied harmony and violin in Le Havre. After studying for two years at the Zurich Conservatory he enrolled in the Paris Conservatoire from 1911 to 1918, studying with both Charles-Marie Widor and Vincent d'Indy. He made his Paris compositional debut in 1916 and in 1918 wrote the ballet Le dit des jeux du monde, generally considered to be his first characteristic work. In 1926 he married Andrée Vaurabourg, a pianist and fellow student at the Paris Conservatoire, on the condition that they live in separate apartments because he required solitude for composing. Andrée lived with her mother, and Honegger visited them for lunch every day. They lived apart for the duration of their marriage, with the exceptions of one year from 1935 to 1936 following Vaurabourg's injury in a car accident, and the last year of Honegger's life, when he was not well enough to live alone. They had one daughter, Pascale, born in 1932. Honegger also had a son, Jean-Claude (1926–2003), with the singer Claire Croiza. In the early 1920s, Honegger shot to fame with his "dramatic psalm" Le Roi David (King David), which is still in the choral repertoire. Between World War I and World War II, Honegger was very prolific. He composed the music for Abel Gance's epic 1927 film, Napoléon. He composed nine ballets and three vocal stage works, amongst other works. One of those stage works, Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher (1935), a "dramatic oratorio" (to words by Paul Claudel), is thought of[by whom?] as one of his finest works. In addition to his pieces written alone, he collaborated with Jacques Ibert on both an opera, L'Aiglon (1937), and an operetta. During this time period he also wrote Danse de la chèvre (1921), an essential piece of flute repertoire. Dedicated to René Le Roy and written for solo flute, this piece is lively and charming, but with the same directness of all Honegger's work. Honegger always remained in touch with Switzerland, his parents' country of origin, until the outbreak of the war and the invasion of the Nazis made it impossible for him to leave Paris. He joined the French Resistance and was generally unaffected by the Nazis themselves, who allowed him to continue his work without too much interference. He also taught composition at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, where his students included Yves Ramette. However, he was greatly depressed by the war. Between its outbreak and his death, he wrote his last four symphonies (numbers two to five) which are among the most powerful symphonic works of the 20th century. Of these, the second, for strings, featuring a solo trumpet which plays a chorale tune in the style of Bach in the final movement, and the third, subtitled Symphonie Liturgique with three movements that evoke the Requiem Mass (Dies irae, De profundis clamavi and Dona nobis pacem), are probably the best known. Written in 1946 just after the end of the war, it has parallels with Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem of 1940. In contrast with this work is the lyrical, nostalgic Symphony No. 4, subtitled "Deliciae Basilienses" ("The Delights of Basel"), written as a tribute to days of relaxation spent in that Swiss city during the war. Honegger was widely known as a train enthusiast, and once notably said: "I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses." His "mouvement symphonique" Pacific 231 (a depiction of a steam locomotive) gained him early notoriety in 1923. 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. Far from reacting against German romanticism as the other members of Les Six did, Honegger's mature works show evidence of a distinct influence by it. Despite the differences in their styles, he and fellow Les Six member Darius Milhaud were close friends, having studied together at the Paris Conservatoire. Milhaud dedicated his fourth string quintet to Honegger's memory, while Francis Poulenc similarly dedicated his Clarinet Sonata. ————————————————————————— I, in no way, mean to make any money via my videos. I make them to allow others to discover classical music, and help them by (sometimes) providing sheet music.
Arthur Honegger Robert Blum Blum 1922 1923 1987
CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava) Recorded November, 1987 Composed for the film in 1922 Album: Honegger/Marco Polo Film Music Classics Film: (http•••) (http•••) Note: This recording of the overture (the only surviving written piece of the score as explained in the liner notes) has been edited into the opening sequence of the film. The actual DVD release uses a new score by Robert Israel and I believe any earlier available release of the film was silent. Liner Notes: The only surviving piece from the score to Abel Gance's melodrama of 1922, La Roue, is Honegger's four-minute overture, scored for medium-sized orchestra. The rest of the music must be the subject of speculation and it is said that Honegger put together a score consisting of pieces of his own and music from the classical repertoire, perhaps including music he was writing at the time for the Pathé-Journal. Apart from the lyrical section of the overture, later used in the first piece in the Suite derived from the score for Napoléon, there is a further point of interest in the following six bars of a rhythmic theme and twelve more bars of incompleted orchestrated sketches. A new theme is written out in full for clarinet and flute, and subsequently the first violins, in counterpoint with a bass motif, and figures among other thematic materials, orchestration and notes for further development. This coincides with the surging "whistling" triplet motif at bar 118 of Pacific 231, composed in 1923, suggesting that the inspiration for the work had arisen on a locomotive, while Honegger was working on La Roue, a conclusion supported by other elements in the sketches. With the approval of Arthur Hoérée, a bar has been added to link the two sections of the overture, avoiding what otherwise is an abrupt transition to the Pacific 231 motor pulsation motif. It is not known whether Honegger conducted the first performance of La Roue himself, although we know that on that occasion the Cinépupitre was introduced into France, a device for synchronization of music and film similar to Carl Robert Blum's Rhytmonome. The subject of La Roue is the railway, and this provided Honegger with scope for the musical application of his own passion for locomotives and model trains and no doubt gave the impulse for his masterpiece Pacific 231.
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