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Hans Werner Henze

1926 - 2012

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Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition. In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life". Henze was also known for his political convictions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Werner Henze is the 359th most popular composer (up from 431st in 2019), the 1,412th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,722nd in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Werner Henze ranks 359 out of 1,451. Before him are Samuel Scheidt, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Rodolphe Kreutzer, Willem Mengelberg, Hans Richter, and Anatoly Lyadov. After him are Bernardo Pasquini, Leonardo Leo, Frank Martin, Louis Marchand, Franco Alfano, and Wojciech Kilar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hans Werner Henze ranks 97. Before him are Heikki Hasu, César Pelli, Shigeo Sugimoto, Hugo Banzer, Teddy Scholten, and John Schlesinger. After him are David C. H. Austin, Francisco Rabal, László Papp, Cloris Leachman, Kim Jong-pil, and James Stirling. Among people deceased in 2012, Hans Werner Henze ranks 79. Before him are Eduard Khil, Richard Lynch, Chavela Vargas, Ben Gazzara, Chaleo Yoovidhya, and Helmut Haller. After him are Harry Harrison, Chris Marker, Sergey Sokolov, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, Assef Shawkat, and Haji Mohammad Chamkani.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 1,412 out of 7,253. Before him are Leopold Gmelin (1788), August Grisebach (1814), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), and Arnold van Gennep (1873). After him are Alfred Krupp (1812), Axel Honneth (1949), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547), Wilhelm Groener (1867), and Thea von Harbou (1888).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 51. Before him are Johann Mattheson (1681), Johann Kuhnau (1660), Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Klaus Schulze (1947), and Samuel Scheidt (1587). After him are Hans Leo Hassler (1564), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Karl Richter (1926), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Peter Cornelius (1824), and Nicolaus Bruhns (1665).

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