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His music has incorporated Neo-classicism , Jazz , the Twelve Tone Technique , Serialism , and some Rock or Popular Music .


WORKS



Operas


  • '' Das Wundertheater '' (1948, premiere 1949)

  • '' Boulevard Solitude '' (1951, premiere 1952)

  • ''Ein Landarzt''. radio opera (1951/94; stage version 1964, premiere 1965)

  • ''Das Ende einer Welt''. radio opera (1953/93; stage version 1964, premiere 1965)

  • ''König Hirsch'' (1952-55, premiere 1956; revised 1962 as ''Il re cervo oder Die Irrfahrten der Wahrheit'', premiere 1963)

  • ''Der Prinz von Homburg'' (1958, premiere 1960; new orchestration 1991)

  • '' Elegie Für Junge Liebende '' (1959-61, premiere 1961; revised 1987)

  • '' Die Bassariden '' (1964-65, premiere 1966)

  • '' Der Junge Lord '' (1964, premiere 1965)

  • ''Moralities'' (1967, premiere 1968; revised 1970)

  • ''Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer'' (1971)

  • ''La Cubana, oder Ein Leben für die Kunst'' (1973, premiere 1974; chamber version ''La piccola Cubana'' 1990-91)

  • '' We Come To The River '' (1974-76, premiere 1976)

  • ''Pollicino'' (1979-80, premiere 1980)

  • '' The English Cat '' (1980-83, premiere 1983; revised 1990)

  • '' Das Verratene Meer '' (1986-89, premiere 1990)

  • '' Venus Und Adonis '' (1993-95, premiere 1997)

  • '' L'Upupa Und Der Triumph Der Sohnesliebe '' (2000-03, premiere 2003)



Orchestral Works


  • Symphonies



REFERENCES

  • Hans Werner Henze. (1998). ''Bohemian Fifths: An Autobiography.'' London (Faber & Faber).

  • Hans Werner Henze. (1998). ''Reiselieder mit böhmischen Quinten: Autobiographische Mitteilungen.'' 1926-1995. Frankfurt (Fischer).

  • Hans Werner Henze: composer profile, New Statesman , June 21, 1996



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