This composer's second symphony for strings expresses despair in the middle Adagio mesto movement and concludes with a triumphant trumpet solo marked ad libitum. His third symphony features a "deliber
This composer's second symphony for strings expresses despair in the middle Adagio mesto movement and concludes with a triumphant trumpet solo marked ad libitum. His third symphony features a "deliberately idiotic" martial march theme which breaks into "a song of peace" in the third movement, Dona nobis pacem, and is subtitled Liturgique. Both of those works were composed in reaction to the horrors of World War Two. Paul Claudel wrote the librettos for this man's oratorios The Dance of the Dead and Joan of Arc at the Stake. The second of his three symphonic movements features a sports motif, while the chugging momentum of the first was likened to a steam locomotive. For 10 points, name this Swiss composer of Rugby and Pacific 231, a member of Les Six.
This composer's second symphony for strings expresses despair in the middle Adagio mesto movement and concludes with a triumphant trumpet solo marked ad libitum.
Arthur {Honegger}