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Hans Werner Henze (born July 1, 1926, Gütersloh, Germany) is a German composer well known for his left-wing political convictions. "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gütersloh (ˈgyːtɐsloː is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Homosexuality refers to sexual behavior with or attraction to people of the same sex or to a Homosexual orientation. He continues to live in the village of Marino in the Lazio region of Italy. For the football club see SS Lazio Lazio ( Latium in Latin) is a regione of central

An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze has produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara. Marxism is the political philosophy and practice derived from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based For the city named after him see Ho Chi Minh City. Hồ Chí Minh (name Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed The librettist of his requiem for Che Guevara, titled Das Floß der Medusa (The Raft of Medusa), was among several people arrested at the 1968 Hamburg premiere for placing a red flag on the stage. The Requiem (from Latin requiem, accusative case of requies, rest or Requiem Mass (informally a funeral Mass also known formally (in Latin as the Das Floß der Medusa ( The Raft of the Medusa) is an Oratorio by the German Composer Hans Werner Henze. Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba, though he later became disillusioned with Castro. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13 1926 is a Cuban revolutionary leader who was prime minister of Cuba from December 1959 to December 1976 and then president until His music is extremely varied in style, having been influenced at various times by atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, and jazz. Atonality in its broadest sense describes Music that lacks a tonal center, or key. Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States

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Life and works

Early years

Henze was born in Gütersloh, Westphalia, the oldest of six children of a teacher, and showed early interest in art and music. Gütersloh (ˈgyːtɐsloː is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, in the area of Westphalia and the administrative region of Detmold. The Province of Westphalia (Provinz Westfalen was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Free State of Prussia from 1815-1946 In Education, a teacher is one who helps Students or pupils often in a School, as well as in a Family, religious or This, along with his political standpoint, led to conflict with his conservative father. Henze’s father, Franz, had served in the First World War, and had been injured at Verdun. Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune He worked as a teacher in a school at Bielefeld, formed on progressive lines, however it was closed in 1935 by government order, its progressive style being out of step with official views. Franz Henze then moved to Dünne, a small village near Bünne where he became a victim of Nazi propaganda. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Books by Jewish and Christian authors were replaced in the Henze household by literature reflecting Nazi views; the whole family was expected to fall into line with Franz’s new thinking. The older boys, including Hans, were enrolled in the Hitler Youth. For the SS division with the nickname Hitlerjugend see 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend The Hitler Youth ( German:, Although the Henze household was filled with talk of current affairs, Hans was also able to hear broadcasts of classical music (especially Mozart) and eventually his father realized that his son had a vocation as a musician. Henze began studies at the state music school of Braunschweig in 1942, where he studied piano, percussion, and theory. Braunschweig, known as Brunswiek in Low German, is a city of 245810 people (as of 31 December 2007 located in Lower Saxony, Germany. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1943, Franz Henze re-joined the army; he was sent to the Eastern front, never to return. Henze had to break off his studies after being called up to the army in 1944, in the latter stages of the Second World War. Conscription (also known as the draft, the call-up or national service) is a general term for involuntary labor demanded by some established authority Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He was trained as a radio officer. He was soon captured by the British and was held in a prisoner of war camp for the remainder of the war. A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by the enemy in time of war and is similar to an Internment camp which is used for civilian In 1945 he became an accompanist in the Bielefeld City Theatre, and was able to continue his studies under Wolfgang Fortner in Heidelberg in 1946. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg ( University of Heidelberg, Ruperto Carola, Heidelberg University, or simply Heidelberg) is a Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Henze had some successful performances at Darmstadt, including an immediate success in 1946 with a neo-baroque work for piano, flute and strings, that brought him to the attention of Schott’s the music publishers. Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland He also took part in the famous Darmstadt New Music Summer School, a key vehicle for the propagation of avant-garde techniques. Initiated in 1946 by Wolfgang Steinecke, the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik Darmstadt ( Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music held annually Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard At the 1947 summer school, Henze turned his thoughts more thoroughly to serial technique, and it seemed for a while as if he might become a leader of young German composers in this idiom.

In his early years he worked with twelve-tone technique, for example in his First Symphony and Violin Concerto of 1947. Twelve-tone technique (also dodecaphony, especially in British usage twelve-note composition) is a method of musical composition devised by Arnold The violin is a bowed String instrument with four strings usually tuned in Perfect fifths It is the smallest and highest-pitched member The term Concerto (plural concertos or concerti) usually refers to a three part musical work in which one solo instrument is accompanied by an Orchestra Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sadler’s Wells Ballet visited Hamburg in 1948, which inspired Henze to write a choreographic poem, Ballett-Variationen, which was completed in 1949. Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany The first ballet he watched was Ashton’s Scènes de Ballet. See also List of ballets choreographed by Frederick Ashton,, Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton OM, CH, CBE, ( September He wrote a letter of appreciation to Ashton, introducing himself as a 22 year-old composer. The next time he wrote to Ashton he enclosed the score of his Ballett-Variationen, which he hoped Ashton might find of interest. His Ballett-Variationen was first performed in Düsseldorf in September 1949, and staged first in Wuppertal in 1958. Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. ||-||} Wuppertal (ˈvʊpɐtaːl is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In 1948 he became musical assistant at the Deutscher Theater in Konstanz, where his first opera Das Wundertheater (after Cervantes) was created. Konstanz (in English formerly known as Constance) is a university town of around 80000 inhabitants at the western end of Lake Constance Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 &ndash April 22, 1616) was a Spanish Novelist

In 1950 he became ballet conductor at the Hessian State Theatre in Wiesbaden, where he composed two operas for radio, his First Piano Concerto as well as his first stage work of real note, the jazz-influenced opera Boulevard Solitude, a modern recasting of the traditional Manon Lescaut story. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Conducting is the act of directing a Musical performance by way of visible gestures Wiesbaden, a city in southwest Germany, is the capital of the state of Hesse. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Boulevard Solitutde is a Lyrisches Drama (lyric drama or Opera in one act by Hans Werner Henze to a German libretto by Grete Weil For other versions of the Manon (story/movie/theater/opera see Manon (disambiguation.

Move to Italy

In 1953 he left Germany in disappointment, reacting against homophobia and the country's general political climate, and moved to Italy, where he has remained for most of the rest of his life. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. BenPhelpsJPG|thumb|right|Westboro Baptist Church picket signs with Ben Phelps grandson of Fred Phelps Henze settled on the island of Ischia in the Bay of Naples. For the comune see Ischia (comune. For the part of the human hip see Ischium Ischia is a Volcanic Island in the The Gulf of Naples is located in the south western coast of Italy ( Province of Naples, Campania region Also resident on the island were the composer William Walton together his Argentine wife Susana, who took a great interest in the young German composer. Sir William Turner Walton, OM ( March 29, 1902 &ndash March 8, 1983) was a British Composer and In 1955, his Quattro poemi for orchestra made clear that Henze had moved far from the principles of the Darmstadt avant-garde. In January 1956 Henze left Ischia and moved to the mainland to live in Naples. Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the Initially he suffered further disappointment, with disputed premieres of the opera König Hirsch, based on a text by Carlo Gozzi, and the ballet Maratona di danza, with a libretto by Luchino Visconti. König Hirsch (in English, The Stag King) is an Opera in three acts by Hans Werner Henze to an German Libretto Carlo Count Gozzi ( 13 December 1720 &ndash April 4, 1806) was an Italian Dramatist. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian However, he then began long-lasting and fruitful co-operation with the poet Ingeborg Bachmann. Ingeborg Bachmann ( June 25, 1926 - October 17, 1973) was an Austrian Poet and Author Working with her as librettist, he composed the operas Der Prinz von Homburg (1958) based on a text by Heinrich von Kleist and Der junge Lord (1964) after Wilhelm Hauff as well as Serenades and Arias (1957) and his Choral Fantasy (1964). Der Prinz von Homburg ("The Prince of Homburg" is a German-language Opera in three acts by Hans Werner Henze with a libretto by Ingeborg Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist ( October 18, 1777 &ndash November 21, 1811) was a German Poet, Dramatist, Der junge Lord ( The Young Lord) is an Opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an German Libretto by Ingeborg Bachmann Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Wilhelm Hauff ( November 29, 1802 – November 18, 1827) was a German Poet and Novelist. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar)

Henze's move to the mainland of Italy strongly influenced his musical style which became enfused with the colourful tradition of Italian vocal music. His Five Neapolitan Songs for the eminent baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau were written soon after his arrival in Naples. The German Baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born 28 May 1925 is a German singer and conductor of Classical music, one of the most famous Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the A later sojourn in Greece provided the opportunity to complete a work intended for another leading singer of the day: Kammermusik (1958), dedicated to Benjamin Britten, included settings of Hölderlin for the tenor Peter Pears (as well as involving the guitarist Julian Bream). Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία Edward Benjamin Britten Baron Britten, OM CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976 was an English Composer, conductor, Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (ˈjoːhan ˈkrɪstiaːn ˈfriːdrɪç 'hœldərliːn in German March 20, 1770 &ndash June 6, 1843 Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears (pronounced /piːrz/ "PEERS" Farnham, 22 June 1910 &ndash Aldeburgh, 3 April 1986 Julian Bream OBE (born July 15, 1933) is an internationally celebrated British guitarist and Lutenist widely recognized

In 1961, Henze moved to Rome, which also signalled a strong leaning towards music involving the voice. His style subsequently softened and became more lyrical. He was subsequently disowned by the Darmstadt purists as something of a lost cause who had betrayed modern trends, while Boulez and Stockhausen walked out of a performance of a Henze première in 1958. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Pierre Boulez (pjɛʁ buˈlɛz (b

From 1962 until 1967, Henze taught masterclasses in composition at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, and in 1967 became a visiting Professor at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new In Salzburg, the Universität Mozarteum Salzburg, the University of Music and Dramatic Arts Mozarteum Salzburg honours the Austrian city's most famous son is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U New Hampshire ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. One of his greatest successes was the première of the opera Die Bassariden at the Salzburg Festival. The Bassarids (in German, Die Bassariden) is an Opera in one act and an Intermezzo, with music Hans Werner Henze to an

In the following period, he greatly strengthened his political involvement which also influenced his musical work. For example, the première of his oratorio Das Floß der Medusa in Hamburg failed when his West Berlin collaborators refused to perform under a portrait of Che Guevara and a revolutionary flag which his librettist had placed upon the stage. An oratorio is a large Musical composition including an Orchestra, a Choir, and soloists The oratorio was somewhat modeled after the Opera Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed His politics also greatly influenced his Sixth Symphony (1969), Second Violin Concerto (1971) and his piece for spoken word and chamber orchestra, El Cimarrón, based on a book by Cuban author Miguel Barnet about escaped black slaves during Cuba's colonial period. Symphony No 6 for two Chamber orchestras by Hans Werner Henze was written in 1969. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. El Cimarrón (The Runaway Slave is a composition by the German Composer Hans Werner Henze, written when the composer lived The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Miguel Barnet (1940- is a Cuban writer novelist and ethnographer Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to perform labour or services

An established composer

His political critique reached its high point in 1976 with the premiere of his opera We Come to the River. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. We Come to the River is an Opera by Hans Werner Henze to an English Libretto by Edward Bond.

In 1976, Henze founded the Cantiere Internazionale d´Arte in Montepulciano for the promotion of new music, where his children's opera Pollicino premiered in 1980. Montepulciano, a town and commune in the Province of Siena in southern Tuscany, ( Italy) is a medieval and renaissance hill town of exceptional beauty Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) From 1980 until 1991 he led a class in composition in the Cologne Music School. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. In 1981 he founded the Mürztal Workshops in the Austrian region of Styria, the same region where he set up the Deutschlandsberg Youth Music Festival in 1984. Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich Styria (Steiermark is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. Deutschlandsberg is a town in Deutschlandsberg district of Styria, Austria. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Finally, in 1988, he founded the Munich Biennale, an "international festival for new music theatre", of which he was the artistic director. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany.

His own operas became more conventional once more, for example the 1983 The English Cat and Das verratene Meer (1990) based on the novel Gogo no Eiko by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) The English Cat (in German, Die englische Katze) is an Opera in two acts by Hans Werner Henze to an English Libretto Das verratene Meer (The Betrayed Sea is an Opera in two parts and 14 scenes with music by Hans Werner Henze to an German Libretto Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. was the pseudonym of, a Japanese author poet and

His later works, while arguably less controversial, continued his political and social engagement. His Requiem (1990-93) comprised nine sacred concertos for piano, trumpet and chamber orchestra, and was written in memory of the musician Michael Vyner who died young. Hans Werner Henze composed the nine Sacred Concertos that comprise his Requiem over the course of three years from 1991 to 1993 on commissions from the London Sinfonietta The choral symphony Sinfonia N. A choral symphony is a large Musical composition, generally including an Orchestra, a Choir and soloists which adheres to some extent 9 (1997), - “dedicated to the heroes and martyrs of German anti-fascism” – to a libretto by Hans-Ulrich Treichel based on motifs from the novel The Seventh Cross by Anna Seghers is a defiant rejection of Nazi barbarism, with which Henze himself lived as a child and teenager. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Anna Seghers ' novel The Seventh Cross ( Das siebte Kreuz) is one of the more well-known examples of German literature circa World War II. Anna Seghers ( November 19, 1900, Mainz – June 1, 1983, Berlin) was a German Writer famous for depicting His most recent success was the 2003 premiere of the opera L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (English: The Hoopoe and the Triumph of Filial Love) at the Salzburg Festival, text by Henze himself, based on a Syrian fairy tale. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe (English The Hoopoe and the Triumph of Filial Love) is an Opera by Hans Werner Henze with a German libretto Syria ( سوريّة or) officially the Syrian Arab Republic (Arabic ar الجمهورية العربية السورية

In 1995 Henze received the Westphalian Music Prize, which has carried his name since 2001. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. On 7 November 2004 Henze received an honorary doctorate for 'musical science' from the Munich Conservatory and Theater School. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Style

Henze's music has incorporated neo-classicism, jazz, the twelve tone technique, serialism, and some rock or popular music. Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Twelve-tone technique (also dodecaphony, especially in British usage twelve-note composition) is a method of musical composition devised by Arnold In Music, serialism is a technique for composition that uses sets to describe musical elements, and allows the manipulation of those Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Popular music is Music belonging to any of a number of musical styles that are accessible to the general public and are disseminated by one or more He was taught by the German composer Wolfgang Fortner, and his 1947 Violin Concerto shows that he could write excellently in the 12-tone style. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Later however, he reacted against atonalism and his opera Bouvelard Solitude includes elements of jazz and Parisian popular music. After his move to Italy in 1953, his music became considerably more Neapolitan in style, with lush, rich textures in the opera König Hirsch, and even more so in the opulent ballet music that he wrote for English choreographer Frederick Ashton's Ondine, completed in 1957. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. König Hirsch (in English, The Stag King) is an Opera in three acts by Hans Werner Henze to an German Libretto Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance See also List of ballets choreographed by Frederick Ashton,, Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton OM, CH, CBE, ( September However, his Maratona di danza required the incorporation of jazz elements complete with an on-stage band, which was very different to the romantic Ondine. Undine (also called Ondine) is a three-act Ballet with music by the German Composer Hans Werner Henze Henze received much of the impetus for his ballet music from his earlier job as ballet adviser at the Wiesbaden State Theatre. Ondine is classical in appearance, but contains some jazz and, although Mendelssohn and Weber were important influences for this composition, plenty of it is redolent of Stravinsky, not only Stravinsky as a neo-classical composer, but also as the composer of The Rite of Spring. Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3 1809 &ndash November 4 1847 was a German Composer Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber ( 18 December 1786 in Eutin, Holstein, Germany - 5 June 1826 in London Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (Игорь Фёдорович Стравинский) ( &ndash 6 April 1971 was a Russian born Composer, considered by many to This article is about the ballet music For the emo/hardcore band see Rites of Spring The Rite of Spring, commonly referred The textures for the cantata Kammermusik (1958, rev. 1963) are far harsher, however, and later Henze returned to atonalism in Antifone, and later again other styles mentioned above became important in his music. Political considerations have often played a part in shaping Henze's style at different times in his career.

Works

Operas, music-theatre and other dramatic works

Symphonies

Other works for large forces

Ballets

Choral

Vocal solo

Chamber

Solo instrumental

Arrangements

References

External links

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