Arthur Honegger - Notable Compositions

Notable Compositions

Opus numbers originate from the complete catalogue by Harry Halbreich.

• Orchestral Music :

Symphonies :

1930 : H 75 First Symphony in C

1941 : H 153 Second Symphony for strings and trumpet in D (Symphony for Strings)

1946 : H 186 Third Symphony (Symphonie Liturgique)

1946 : H 191 Fourth Symphony in A (Deliciae basiliensis)

1950 : H 202 Fifth Symphony in D (Di tre re)

Symphonic Movements :

1923 : H 53 Pacific 231 (Symphonic Movement No. 1)

1928 : H 67 Rugby (Symphonic Movement No. 2)

1933 : H 83 Symphonic Movement No. 3

Concerti :

1929 : H 72 Concerto for cello and orchestra in C major (Cello Concerto)

1948 : H 196 Concerto da camera, for flute, English horn and strings

Others :

1917 : H 16 Le chant de Nigamon

1920 : H 31 Pastorale d'été

1923 : H 47 Chant de joie (Song of Joy)

1951 : H 204 Monopartita

• Oratorios :

1921 : H 37 Le roi David (King David) libretto by René Morax, version for orchestra in 1923

1935 : H 99 Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, libretto by Paul Claudel, version with prologue in 1941

1938 : H 131 La danse des morts, (The Dance of the Dead) libretto by Paul Claudel

1953 : H 212 Une cantate de Noël (A Christmas Cantata)

• Operas :

1903 : H Philippa, not orchestrated, performed, or published

1904 : H Sigismond, lost

1907 : H La Esmeralda, after Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris, unfinished and unpublished

1918 : H La mort de sainte Alméenne, libretto by M. Jacob, unpublished and only Interlude orchestrated

1925 : H Judith, libretto by René Morax, premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo on 13 February 1925

1927 : H 65 Antigone, libretto by Jean Cocteau based on Sophocles, premiered at La Monnaie on 28 December 1927

1925 : H L'Aiglon, co-written with Jacques Ibert; libretto for acts 2–4 by H. Cain, after E. Rostand, libretto for acts 1 and 5 by Ibert, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, 10 March 1937

• Operettas :

1930 : H Les aventures du roi Pausole, libretto by A. Willemetz, after P. Louÿs, premiered 12 December 1930, Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens

1931 : H La belle de Moudon, libretto by René Morax, Mézières, Jorat, Switzerland, 30 May 1931, unpublished

1937 : H Les petites cardinal, libretto by Willemetz and P. Brach, after L. Halévy, Paris, Bouffes-Parisiens, 13 February 1938

• Ballets :

1918 : H 19 Le dit des jeux du monde

1921 : H 38 Horace victorieux, symphonie mimée

• Chamber music :

1917 : H 15 String Quartet No. 1 in C minor

1935 : H 103 String Quartet No. 2 in D

1937 : H 114 String Quartet No. 3 in E

1945 : H 181 Paduana for Cello solo

1947 : H 193 Intrada for C trumpet and piano