Pacific 231
Arthur Honegger * Track #20 On A Young Person’s Guide to the Avant-Garde (Music and Modernism in the 20th Century)
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Album A Young Person’s Guide to the Avant-Garde (Music and Modernism in the 20th Century)
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VexationsErik Satie
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Leo Ornstein
- #3La Battaglia Di Adrianopoli
F. T. Marinetti
- #4Mechanisms
George Antheil
- #5Musical Erratum
Marcel Duchamp
- #6Mouvements Perpetueles
Francis Poulenc
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- #9Description of a dream
Robert Desnos
- #10The Unanswered Question
Charles Ives
- #11Sechs Kleine Klavierstucke
Arnold Schoenberg
- #12The Rite of Spring (Extract)
Игорь Стравинский (Igor Stravinsky)
- #13Pacific 231
Arthur Honegger
- #14Iron Foundry
Alexander Mossolov
- #15Aeolian Harp
Henry Cowell
- #16
4'33"John Cage
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Gesang der JünglingeKarlheinz Stockhausen
- #18Poème électronique
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Pacific 231 by Arthur Honegger
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Perhaps Honegger’s best-known work, this orchestral symphonic movement depicts a steam locomotive on its journey. The title is redundant for railroad workers, as “Pacific” and “231” described the same type of vehicle, with the wheels grouped into two (pilot wheels), three (driving wheels), and one (...
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Pacific 231 Q&A
Who wrote Pacific 231's ?
Pacific 231 was written by Arthur Honegger.
When did Arthur Honegger release Pacific 231?
Arthur Honegger released Pacific 231 on Fri May 09 1924.
What did Arthur Honegger say about "Pacific 231"?
In an interview that was reprinted in the published score, Honegger said:
I have always loved locomotives passionately. For me they are living creatures and I love them as others love women or horses. My aim in Pacific 231 was not to imitate the noises of a locomotive, but to translate a visual imp...