By general consent, Arthur Honegger, 59, is one of the two or three most important French composers alive. He has written five symphonies, two operas and dozens of other works. By his own admission, he finds the composition of music almost completely frustrating.
He has just published a book (I Am a Composer) in Paris. Excerpts: ΒΆ "I sincerely believe that a few years from now, music, as we know it, will have ceased to exist. . . Even today we can see what is happening. People no longer listen to 'music,' they go to watch the performance of a famous conductor...
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