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Hans Werner Henze

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hans Werner Henze , 1926-, German composer, b. Gütersloh. Henze was a pupil of Wolfgang Fortner and René Leibowitz. His early works were influenced by Stravinsky , Hindemith , and Bartók . In his first violin concerto (1947) he took up twelve-tone writing, but he has not confined himself to that method (see also serial music ). Henze's leftist politics of the 1960s and 70s are manifested in works such as the oratorio The Raft of the Frigate Medusa (1968) and the Essay on Pigs for baritone and chamber orchestra (1969). He has also written ten symphonies, the... Read more

Hans Werner Henze
Hans Werner Henze Hans Werner Henze (born 1926) is a German composer...tersloh, Germany, on July 1, 1926, Hans Werner Henze majored in piano and percussion...Performing Arts in New York City. Hans Werner Henze continues to capture the ... Read more

Henze, Hans Werner
Henze, Hans Werner ( b Gütersloh, Westphalia, 1926...1950. Settled in Italy 1953. Politically Henze moved in the 1960s to the extreme Left...reflected revolutionary ideals and dogmas. Henze's mus. style is bewilderingly diverse... Read more

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	HANS WERNER HENZE 'MUSIC IS A LANGUAGE OF WHICH WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH YET' ; LENOX - Hans Werner Henze, the eminent German composer, is in residence...conduct the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Henze's Seventh Symphony. On Sunday, Aug. 7...the Tanglewood Music Center will perform Henze's opera "Elegy for Young Lovers," which... Read more
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	Classical: Henze's terrible, wonderful life Hans Werner Henze, a homosexual communist pacifist in Nazi Germany, was lucky to survive the war. His experiences then made him one of the most challenging of today's composers, says Michael Church ; How should we view Hans Werner Henze? As our critic Bayan Northcott once...of insults, abuse, and punishments," Henze recalled in his autobiography Bohemian...some officers turned up, singled out Henze and his most beautiful friends, and... Read more
	Open letter to Hans Werner Henze.(composer) ; Dear Hans Werner Henze, In your book, Die englische Katze: Ein...it seems that you yourself, Herr Henze, belong to those authors . . . who will...younger generation - in which you, Herr Henze, are a confirmed believer - experiences... Read more
	The prime of Herr Hans Werner Henze ; ...the way we've hedged our bets on Hans Werner Henze. Of course we celebrate his achievements...now. Whenever periodic bouts of Henze-based activity do break out in Britain...distinction. But the fact is that Henze's output is so prodigious, it would... Read more
	'Arabian' Might; Hans Werner Henze's Rewarding Route to the East ; ...for composers. The German composer Hans Werner Henze, who turns 75 this year, has now...sounds favored by younger composers. Henze first heard the dazzling young tenor...in 1996. The singer sang three of Henze's songs and so impressed the composer... Read more
	Hans Werner Henze's `Boulevard Solitude' ; Hans Werner Henze's `Boulevard Solitude', which opened last night at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London Laurie Lewis Read more
	Classical: From the outside looking in Hans Werner Henze's newly-published autobiography reveals a composer scarred by war, exile and alienation. ; ...70th birthday two years ago, Hans Werner Henze brought out a full-scale autobiography...for it. A lifelong diarist, Henze has a fund of immediate impressions...Morante, Ingeborg Bachmann, Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Edward...just how evocative a writer Henze at his best can be. He ... Read more
	Henze's haunted sensibility ; Hans Werner Henze is 80 on 1 July. WRITING IN HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY...his mother in 1976, his own 5oth year, Hans Werner Henze described his 'unrestrained grief...on end." 'Unrestrained' also applies to Henze's language, here and at many other places... Read more
	NOVA Chamber Series to open season with Henze piece ; Hans Werner Henze's "Quattro Fantasie -- 3 Tentos" is the...the first time it's been heard in Utah. "Henze's music just isn't played in here," NOVA...David Yavornitzky, who is a huge fan of Henze's music, can't recall a performance of... Read more

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	A `SPRITELY' ASHTON CLASSIC.(Ashton, Frederick)(Ferri, Alessandra)(Cooper, Adam)(Galasso, Sabina)(Tambone, Biagio)(Fournillier, Patrick)(Henze, Hans Werner)(Review)(Brief Article)
	Hans-Ulrich Treichel.(Book Review)
	Tanzstunden.(Rococo Theater, Schwetzingen, Germany)

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