A Swiss composer whose compositional style can be described as shifting tonality: the chords are regular, but the center is always moving.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Petite symphonie concertante, for harp, harpsichord, piano & 2 string orchestras 1944 21:19 Orchestral Concerto
Short Pieces (4) for guitar 1933 08:01 Chamber Music
Ballade for saxophone, for alto sax, strings, piano & percussion 1938 14:37 Concerto
Mass, for double chorus 1922 26:11 Choral
Ballade for flute, with small orchestra (orchestration by E. Ansermet of "Ballade for Flute") 1939 07:41 Concerto
Concerto for 7 wind instruments (timpani, percussion & string orchestra) 1949 19:20 Concerto
Preludes (8) for piano 1947 22:59 Keyboard
Chants de Noël (3), for soprano, flute & piano 1947 05:32 Vocal Music
Le vin herbé, secular oratorio for 12 voices, 7 strings & piano 1938 01:46:08 Choral Vocal Music
Ballade for cello & small orchestra (arr. from "Ballade for cello & piano") 1949 17:08 Concerto
Violin Concerto 1950 29:30 Concerto
Golgotha, oratorio for 5 soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra 1945 01:28:38 Choral
Passacaille, version for organ 1944 12:02 Keyboard
Monologes (6) from Jedermann, for alto (or baritone) & piano (or orchestra) 1943 16:47 Vocal Music
Harpsichord Concerto 1951 21:33 Concerto
In Terra Pax, oratorio for soloists, choruses & orchestra 1944 45:50 Choral
Trio on Popular Irish Folk Tunes, for violin, cello & piano 1925 15:50 Chamber Music
Ballade for flute & piano 1939 07:29 Chamber Music
Études (5) for string orchestra 1955 18:00 Orchestral
Ballade for trombone or tenor sax & piano 1940 08:03 Chamber Music
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