Hans Werner Henze was a German composer of prodigious output best known for his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life. His music 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.
Henze was also known for his political convictions. He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homos...
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