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Hans Werner Henze
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Berlin, Oct. 27 (AP): German composer Hans Werner Henze, whose prolific and wide-ranging work included a wealth of operas and 10 symphonies, died today, his publisher said. He was 86.
Henze died in the eastern German city of Dresden, longstanding publisher Schott Music said in a statement, calling him “one of the most important and influential composers of our time”.
Henze’s work over the decades straddled musical genres. He composed stage works, symphonies, concertos, chamber works and a requiem, and once said that “many things wander from the concert hall to the stage and vice versa”.
His operas ranged from the 1950s Ein Landarzt, based on a story by Franz Kafka, to L’Upupa, written in 2002 and the only opera for which Henze wrote his own libretto. Other works included the musical dramas Elegy for Young Lovers and The Bassarids and the oratorio The Raft of the Medusa
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