Arthur Honegger Jeanne DArc Au Bucher

Born OscarArthur Honegger the first name was never used in Le Havre France he initially studied harmony and violin in Paris and after a brief period in Zürich returned there to study with CharlesMarie Widor and Vincent dIndy He continued to study through the 1910s before writing the ballet Le dit des jeux du monde in 1918 generally considered to be his first characteristic work