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Hans Werner Henze

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German composer (1926-2012)

GermanyMusiciansLived 1926 to 2012 · aged 86
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Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition.

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Awards 12

2010honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music
2000Praemium Imperiale
2000Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
1998Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
1997Hans von Bülow Medal
1995Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg
1990Ernst von Siemens Music Prize
1983Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
1958Berliner Kunstpreis
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Deutscher Tanzpreis

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Hans Werner Henze was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Neoclassicism, 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".

Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1926 to 2012 · aged 86
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28 languages

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