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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 1 July 1926
- Died
- 27 October 2012
- Place of birth
- Gütersloh
- Place of death
- Dresden
- Sex or gender
- male
- Given name
- Hans
- Family name
- Henze
- Movement
- 20th-century classical music
- Genre
- opera, symphony, vocal music, classical music
- Occupation
- composer, musicologist, jazz musician, university teacher, conductor, film score composer, music educator, director, dramaturge
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Awards
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Musikpreis der Stadt Duisburg, Praemium Imperiale, Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Berliner Kunstpreis, Ernst von Siemens Music Prize, Hans von Bülow Medal, honorary doctor of the Royal College of Music, Deutscher Tanzpreis, Royal Philharmonic Society Award (Chamber-Scale Composition)
- birth name
- Hans Werner Henze
- described by source
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978), The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Encyklopedia muzyczna PWM, Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Heidelberg University
- instrument
- piano
- languages spoken, written or signed
- German
- list of works
- list of compositions by Hans Werner Henze
- member of
- Academy of Arts of the GDR, Academy of Arts, Berlin, German Academy for Language and Literature, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- member of political party
- Nazi Party
- name in native language
- Hans Werner Henze
- notable work
- Der Prinz von Homburg, Gisela!, Boulevard Solitude, The English Cat, Das Floß der Medusa
- place of burial
- Lazio
- record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- related category
- Category:Compositions by Hans Werner Henze
- student
- Jörg Widmann
- student of
- Josef Rufer, Wolfgang Fortner
- topic's main category
- Category:Hans Werner Henze
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