List of compositions by Arthur Honegger

This is a list of compositions by Arthur Honegger.

List of works by main categories

Numbers preceded by “H.” are references 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 : 1924 : H 53 Pacific 231 (Symphonic Movement No. 1) 1928 : H 67 Rugby (Symphonic Movement No. 2) 1933 : H 83 Symphonic Movement No. 3 Concertos : 1924 : H 55 Concertino for piano and orchestra 1929 : H 72 Concerto for cello and orchestra in C major 1948 : H 196 Concerto da camera, for flute, English horn and strings Vocal orchestral music : 1932 : H 82 Le grand étang for voice and piano (or orchestra) 1937 : H 107 Les Mille et une nuits (The Thousand and One Nights) for Soprano, Tenor and orchestra 1937 : H 120 Jeunesse for voice and piano (or orchestra), or for unison chorus 1938 : H 132 L'Alarme for voice, chorus and orchestra, lost 1944 : H 177 Selzach Passion, incomplete 1947 : H 192 Mimaamaquim (Psaume CXXX) for voice and piano (or orchestra) ???? : H 222 La nuit est si profonde for voice and orchestra Miscellaneous : 1917 : H 10 Prélude for Aglavaine et Sélysette 1917 : H 16 Le chant de Nigamon 1920 : H 31 Pastorale d'été 1921 : H 38 Horace victorieux, (Horace Triumphant) symphonie mimée 1923 : H 47 Chant de joie (Song of Joy) 1929 : H 74 J'avais un fidèle amant, variations for string quartet or string orchestra 1935 : H 92 Radio-panoramique, symphonic poem 1936 : H 102 Nocturne 1936 : H 105 Largo 1940 : H 141 Grad us for woodwinds, brass, and percussion 1942 : H 162 Le grand barrage 1945 : H 182 Sérénade à Angélique 1951 : H 203 Suite archaïque 1951 : H 204 Monopartita 1951 : H 207 Toccata on a theme of Campra, a movement from the collaborative work La guirlande de Campra ???? : H 218 Chevauchée ???? : H 219 Pathétique ???? : H 221 Allegretto Adaptions : 1920 : H 27 Orchestration of a Mussorgsky song, lost 1923 : H 48a Prelude for the Tempest, after a work of Shakespeare 1923 : H 48b 2 Chants d'Ariel for voice and orchestra, adaptation of H 48 1925 : H 60a Orchestral Suite, adaption of L'Impératrice aux Rochers, H 60 1926 : H 61a Orchestral Suite, adaption of Phaedre, H 61 1928 : H 66a Blues, adaptation of Roses de métal, H 66 1928 : H 68a Suite, adaptation of Les Noces d'Amour et de Psyché, H 68 1928 : H 68b Prelude et fugue, adaptation of Les Noces d'Amour et de Psyché, H 68 1948 : H 71a Prélude, fugue et postlude, music from Amphion 1936 : H 81a Prélude, arioso et fughette sur le nom de BACH (String Orchestra version of H 81 for piano solo) 1934 : H 88a Orchestral Suite, adaption of Les Misérables 1943 : H 167a 2 Suites, music from Mermoz 1945 : H 174a Schwyzer Faschttag, suite from L'Appel de la montagne

Chamber music String Quartets 1917 : H 15 String Quartet No. 1 in C minor 1929 : H 74 J'avais un fidèle amant, variations for string quartet or string orchestra 1935 : H 103 String Quartet No. 2 in D 1937 : H 114 String Quartet No. 3 in E Sonatas and sonatinas 1912 : H 3 Sonate for violin and piano in D minor (No. 0) 1912 : H 4 Sonate for cello and piano, lost 1918 : H 17 First sonata for violin and piano in C minor (First violin sonata) 1919 : H 24 Second sonata for violin and piano in B (Second violin sonata) 1920 : H 28 Sonata for viola and piano 1920 : H 29 Sonatina for two violins in G 1920 : H 32 Sonata for cello and piano in D minor 1922 : H 42 Sonatina for clarinet and piano 1932 : H 80 Sonatina for violin and cello in E minor 1940 : H 143 Sonata for solo violin in D minor Vocal chamber music 1920 : H 30 "Pâques à New-York", (Easter in New York) after Blaise Cendrars, for mezzo-soprano and string quartet 1924 : H 54 Chanson de Ronsard for voice, flute and string quartet, or for voice and piano 1926 : H 63 Trois Chansons de La Petite Sirène (Three Songs of the little Siren) for voice, flute and string quartet, or for voice and piano 1939 : H 136a O Salutaris for voice and piano (or harp), or for voice, organ, piano and optional harp, adaptation of H 136 Miscellaneous : 1914 : H 6 Trio for violin, cello, and piano in F minor 1917 : H 13 Rhapsody for 2 flutes, clarinet and piano, or for 2 violins, viola and piano 1919 : H 22 Musique d'ameublement for flute, clarinet, trumpet, string quartet and piano 1920 : H 33 Hymn for 10 string instruments, in B minor 1921 : H 36 Cinéma-fantaisie for violin and piano, in collaboration with Darius Milhaud 1921 : H 39 Danse de la chèvre (The Goat Dance) 1929 : H 43 Three Counterpoints for flute, oboe, violin and cello 1929 : H 43a Suite for 2 pianos, adaption of Three Counterpoints, H 43 1925 : H 56 Prelude and Blues for 4 harps, lost 1925 : H 59 Hommage du trombone exprimant la tristesse de l'auteur absent for trombone and piano 1929 : H 73 Berceuses pour la Bobcisco for violin, flute (or violin), trumpet (or viola), cello and piano 1932 : H 79 Prelude pour la Sous-basse (Contrabass) et Piano 1934 : H 89 Petite Suite for 2 instruments and piano 1940 : H 139 Partita for 2 pianos 1941 : H 147 L'Ombre de la Ravine for string quartet, flute and harp (The Shadow of the Ravine) 1945 : H 178 O temps suspends ton vol for violin and piano 1945 : H 179 Morceau de concours for violin and piano 1945 : H 181 Paduana for cello 1947 : H 193 Intrada for C trumpet and piano 1953 : H 211 Romance for flute and piano 1929 : H 214 Arioso for violin and piano 1943 : H 215 Andante for 4 Ondes Martenots ???? : H 216 Colloque for flute, celesta, violin and viola

Music for piano Original works : 1910 : H 1 3 Pieces (Scherzo, Humoresque, Adagio) 1916 : H 8 Toccata and variations 1919 : H 23 3 Pieces (Prélude, Hommage à Maurice Ravel, Danse) 1920 : H 25 7 Pièces brèves 1920 : H 26 Sarabande for L'Album des Six 1923 : H 52 Le Cahier romand 1928 : H 69 Hommage à Albert Roussel 1932 : H 81 Prélude, arioso, and fughetta on the name BACH 1935 : H 95 Berceuse, from the collaborative work Bal des petits lits blancs 1937 : H 115 Scenic Railway, from collaborative work Parc d'attractions Expo 1937 1941 : H 145 Petits Airs sur une basse célèbre 1943 : H 173 2 Esquisses ???? : H 213 Très modéré Adaptions : 1925 : H 60b La Neige sur Rome, arrangement from L'Impératrice aux Rochers, H 60 1929 : H 60c Suite (Partita) for piano, possibly in collaboration with Andrée Vaurabourg, adaption of L'Impératrice aux Rochers, H 60 1931 : H 76a Suite, adaptation of Les Aventures du roi Pausole, H 76 1943 : H 166b 3 Pièces de Le capitaine Fracasse, music from Le Capitaine Fracasse 1945 : H 183a Piéces de 'Un ami viendra ce soir, music form Un Ami viendra ce soir

Ballets 1918 : H 19 Le dit des jeux du monde 1920 : H 34 Vérité ? Mensonge ? (Truth? Lies?), partially lost 1921 : H 35 La noce massacrée (The Ruined Wedding) from the collaborative work Les mariés de la tour Eiffel (The Wedding on the Eiffel Tower) 1921 : H 38 Horace victorieux, symphonie mimée 1922 : H 40 Skating Rink, choreographic symphony 1922 : H 46 Fantasio 1925 : H 58 Sous-marine (mimed scene) 1928 : H 66 Roses de métal, lost 1928 : H 68 Les noces d'amour et de Psyché (The Wedding of Cupid and Psyche), arrangement of music by Johann Sebastian Bach 1929 : H 71 Amphion, melodrama by Paul Valéry 1934 : H 85 Sémiramis, melodrama by Paul Valéry 1935 : H 96 Icare (Icarus) 1937 : H 113 Un oiseau blanc s'est envolé (A White Bird Has Flown Away) 1937 : H 123 Le cantique des cantiques (The Song of Songs) 1940 : H 142 La naissance des couleurs (The Birth of Colors) 1941 : H 154 Le mangeur de rêves (The Dream Eater), lost 1943 : H 174 L'appel de la montagne (Tha Call of the Mountain) 1945 : H 180 Chota Roustaveli, in collaboration with Alexander Tcherepnin and Tibor Harsányi, piano arrangement extent 1946 : H 189 Sortilèges (Magic Spell), lost 1950 : H 200 De la musique, lost

Operas 1903 : H I Philippa, libretto by composer 1904 : H II Sigismond, lost 1907 : H III La Esméralda, unfinished 1918 : H 20 La mort de Sainte Alméenne (The Death of Saint Alméenne), for voice and piano, orchestration in 2005 by Nicolas Bacri assisted by Harry Halbreich 1925 : H 57a Judith, drame biblique — 31 minutes of incidental music for the 3-hour work by René Morax; requires soprano, mezzo-soprano, a separate vocal trio, chorus and orchestra 1925 : H 57b Judith, opéra sérieux — reworking of the above; 55 minutes' long; three acts; libretto by Morax; scored for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone and bass soloists, a separate vocal trio, chorus and orchestra 1926 : H 65 Antigone, 'tragédie musicale', libretto by Jean Cocteau based on Sophocles

Operettas 1930 : H 76 Les aventures du roi Pausole, libretto by Albert Willemetz 1931 : H 78 La Belle de Moudon 1937 : H 128 Les Petites Cardinales, libretto by Albert Willemetz 1937 : H 108 L'Aiglon, 'drame musical' (in collaboration with Jacques Ibert)

Oratorios 1907 : H IV Oratorio du calvaire, lost 1918 : H 18 Cantique de Pâques, for soloists, female chorus & orchestra 1921 : H 37 Le Roi David (King David) libretto by René Morax, Paris version for orchestra in 1923 1927 : H 57c Judith — final version, tauter than H 57b (see above under "Operas") 1931 : H 77 Cris du monde, (Cries of the World) libretto by René Bizet 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 1939 : H 135 Nicolas de Flue 1953 : H 212 Une Cantate de Noël (A Christmas cantata)

Incidental music 1919 : H 21 La danse macabre, lost 1922 : H 41 Saül for trumpet, cello and percussion, incomplete 1922 : H 45 Antigone for oboe and harp 1925 : H 60 L'impératrice aux rochers (The Empress of the Rocks) 1926 : H 61 Phaedre 1929 : H 48 The Tempest, for the play by William Shakespeare, partially lost 1923 : H 49 Liluli for voice, chorus, piccolo, cello and piano 1926 : H 62 Pour le cantique de Salomon (For the Song of Solomon) 1933 : H 84 Les douze coups de minuit, incomplete 1936 : H 104 La marche sur la Bastille 1937 : H 111 Prelude á la Mort de Jaurès from the show Liberté, in collaboration with Arthur Hoérée, lost 1937 : H 119a Two songs from the La construction d'une cité 1941 : H 146 La Mandragore 1941 : H 147 L'ombre de la ravine 1941 : H 149 Les suppliantes 1941 : H 150 800 meters, lost 1941 : H 151 La ligne d'horizon 1943 : H 163 Pasiphaé 1943 : H 165 Le soulier de satin, livret de Paul Claudel 1943 : H 172 Sodom and Gomorrah 1944 : H 175 Charles le téméraire (Charles the Bold) 1946 : H 187 Prométhée (Prometheus) 1946 : H 190 Hamlet 1947 : H 194 Oedipus 1948 : H 195 L'état de siège, by Albert Camus, lost 1949 : H 198 Marche contre la mort, lost 1950 : H 199 Tête d'or 1951 : H 208 On ne badine pas avec l'amour, lost 1952 : H 210 Oedipus Rex ???? : H 217 Introduction et danse ???? : H 220 Vivace

Music for radio 1940 : H 140 Christopher Columbus 1944 : H 176 Battements du monde 1949 : H 197 Saint François d'Assise 1951 : H 209 La Rédemption de François Villon

Film music 1922 : H 44 La Roue by Abel Gance 1927 : H 64 Napoléon by Abel Gance 1934 : H 86 Rapt, in collaboration with Arthur Hoérée 1934 : H 87 L'idée, animation film by Berthold Bartosch 1934 : H 88 Les Misérables 1934 : H 90 Cessez le feu 1934 : H 91 Le roi de la camargue, in collaboration with Alexis Roland-Manuel, incomplete 1935 : H 93 Der Dämon des Himalaya 1935 : H 94 Crime et chatiment 1935 : H 98 L’Équipage, in collaboration with Maurice Thiriet 1936 : H 100 Les mutinés de l’Elseneur 1936 : H 101 Mayerling, in collaboration with Maurice Jaubert 1936 : H 106 Nitchevo, in collaboration with Casimir Oberfeld 1937 : H 109 Mademoiselle Docteur 1937 : H 110 Marthe Richard au service de la France 1937 : H 112 Liberté, in collaboration with Arthur Hoérée, lost 1937 : H 116 La citadelle du silence, in collaboration with Darius Milhaud