Canon
Where to start with Honegger
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralPacific 231, H.53
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VocalJeanne d'Arc au bûcher, H.99
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Keyboard2 Esquisses, for piano, H. 173
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Chamber3 Contrepoints, for flute, English horn, violin and cello, H.43
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StageAmphion, ballet-melodrama, for speaker, vocal soloist, 4-part female vocal quartet, chorus and orchestra, H. 71
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OrchestralSymphony no. 3, H.186, "Liturgique"
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OrchestralPastorale d'été, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, H.31
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OrchestralRugby, H.67
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OrchestralSymphony no. 2, for strings and trumpet ad lib in D major, H.153
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OrchestralSymphony no. 4, H.191, "Deliciae Basiliensis"
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OrchestralSymphony no. 5 in D major, H.202, "Di Tre Re"
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Keyboard2 Pieces, for Organ, H14, "Fugue' and 'Choral"
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Orchestral3 Mouvements Symphoniques, H.53, 67, and 83
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Keyboard3 Pieces, for piano, H.23
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Vocal3 Psalms, psalm settings for voice and piano, H.144
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Honegger's catalogueMost Popular
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Pacific 231locomotive imitation
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Symphony No. 3 ”Liturgique”
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King David (dramatic psalm)
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Rugby (orchestral)
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Pastorale d\’été
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 5 ”Di tre re”ends with three D notes on the timpani
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Joan of Arc at the Stake
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Symphony No. 2 for strings and trumpet
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String Quartet No. 2
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Cello Concerto
Most Weird
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Pacific 2311923 — a steam locomotive as musical subject; one of the first pieces to glorify machines
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Rugbyorchestral — a football match, with scrums and kicks depicted; premiered 1928
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Antigone (opera)Cocteau libretto — the entire Sophocles play compressed into 30 minutes
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Symphony No. 5 ”Di tre re”each of the three movements ends on a pianissimo D — piano, strings, wind, then only the timpani
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Une cantate de NoëlChristmas cantata — written the year before he died; quietly devastating
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 87
- Orchestral
- ● Pacific 231, H.53
- ● Symphony no. 3, H.186, "Liturgique"
- Pastorale d'été, symphonic poem for chamber orchestra, H.31
- Rugby, H.67
- Symphony no. 2, for strings and trumpet ad lib in D major, H.153
- Symphony no. 4, H.191, "Deliciae Basiliensis"
- Symphony no. 5 in D major, H.202, "Di Tre Re"
- 3 Mouvements Symphoniques, H.53, 67, and 83
- Cello Concerto in C major, H.72
- Chant de joie, H.47
- Concertino for Piano and Orchestra, H.55
- Concerto da camera, for flute, cor anglais and orchestra
- Hymne
- Largo, H.105
- Le Grand Barrage, sound picture, H.162
- Le chant de Nigamon
- Pastorale d'ete
- Prélude et fugue de J. S. Bach, in C, H.68b
- Prélude pour La Tempête, H.48a
- Prélude, Arioso and Fughette sur le nom de Bach, for piano, H. 81
- Symphonie mimée pour orchestre, "Horace victorieux"
- Symphony no. 1 in C major, H.75
- Vocal
- Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, H.99
- 3 Psalms, psalm settings for voice and piano, H.144
- 4 Chansons pour voix grave, H.184
- 4 Poèmes, song cycle for voice and piano, H.7
- 6 Poèmes d'Apollinaire, song cycle for voice and piano, H.12
- 6 Saluste de Bartas, H.152
- Le roi David, for narrator, 3 solo voices, 2 choruses and chamber orchestra, H.37b
- Mimaamaquim, H.192
- Nature morte, song for voice and piano, H.11
- Panis Angelicus, sacred song for voice and piano in B major, H.169
- Petit Cours de Morale, song cycle for voice and piano, H.148
- Petit Cours de morale, for voice and piano
- Poèmes de Claudel, H.138
- Poèmes de Paul Fort, H.9
- Poésies de Jean Cocteau, H.51
- Une Cantate de Noël, for vocal soloist, chorus, children's chorus, and orchestra, H.212
- Vocalise-Étude, for untexted voice and piano, H.70
- Ô temps suspends ton vol, H.178
- Keyboard
- 2 Esquisses, for piano, H. 173
- 2 Pieces, for Organ, H14, "Fugue' and 'Choral"
- 3 Pieces, for piano, H.23
- 7 Pieces breves, H.25
- Berceuse, for piano, H.95
- Hommage a Albert Roussel, H.69
- Le Cahier Romand, suite for piano, H. 52
- Matamore, for piano, H.166b, no. 1
- Petite Pièce in G major, H.213
- Prelude, Aria, and Fugetta on the Name of Bach, H.81
- Sarabande, for piano, H. 26
- Scenic Railway, for piano, H. 115
- Souvenir de Chopin, for piano, H. 183a/1
- Toccata et variations, H.8
- Chamber
- 3 Contrepoints, for flute, English horn, violin and cello, H.43
- Cello Sonata, H.20
- Cello Sonatina
- Danse de la chèvre, for solo flute, H.39
- Intrada, for trumpet and piano in C major, H.193
- Musique de scène pour la tragédie musicale Antigone, for oboe and harp
- Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, H.32
- Sonata for Solo Violin, H.143
- Sonata, for cello and piano in D minor, H.32
- Sonatina for 2 Violins, H.29
- Sonatine for Clarinet and Piano, H.42
- Sonatine for Violin and Cello, H.80
- Trio in F minor, for violin, cello and piano, H.6
- Violin Sonata in D minor, H.3
- Violin Sonata no. 1, H.17
- Violin Sonata no. 2, H.24
- Stage
- Amphion, ballet-melodrama, for speaker, vocal soloist, 4-part female vocal quartet, chorus and orchestra, H. 71
- Cavalcade d'Amour, H.136a
- Crime et Châtiment, H.94
- Farinet
- L'Idée, for ondes martenot and chamber orchestra, H.87
- L'impératrice aux rochers, incidental music for solo voice, chorus and orchestra, H. 60
- La Roue, H.44
- Le Deserteur, H.134
- Le Dit des Jeux du Monde, ballet for chamber orchestra, H.19
- Le Démon de l'Himalaya,, H.91
- Les Miserables, film score suite, H.88a
- Les Misérables, H.88
- Mayerling, H.101
- Mermoz, suite from film score no. 1, 'La traversée des Andes', H.167a1
- Mermoz, suite from film score no. 2, 'Le vol sur l'Atlantique', H.167a2
- Napoléon, film score suite, H.64
- Regain, H.117