The public doesn't want new music: the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.
"Arthur Honegger" was a Swiss composer, who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. He was a member of Les Six. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work Pacific 231, which was inspired by the sound of a steam engine/steam locomotive.
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