Hans Werner Henze(1926-2012)

Composer
Music Department
Writer

Hans Werner Henze was born on 1 July 1926 in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for The Exorcist (1973), Love Unto Death (1984) and Good-for-Nothing (1978). He died on 27 October 2012 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany.

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Known for

The Exorcist

8.1

Soundtrack

1973

Love Unto Death

6.7

Composer

1984

Good-for-Nothing

5.4

Composer

1978

Der junge Lord

7.8

Composer

1969

Credits

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Composer

Unvermeidbarer Zufall - Der Junge nebenan
- Composer
- 1986
Comrades
7.3
- Composer
- 1986
Ninguém Duas Vezes
6.7
- Composer
- 1984
Love Unto Death
6.7
- Composer
- 1984
Swann in Love
6.5
- Composer
- 1984
Concierto barroco
5.9
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1982
Orpheus
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1979
Good-for-Nothing
5.4
- Composer
- 1978
Abelard
4.9
- Composer
- 1977
Verbotene Schönheit. Hans Werner Henze - ein deutscher Komponist in Italien
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1977
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
7.3
- Composer
- 1975
NET Opera Theater
TV Series
- Composer
- 1974
Novae de infinito laudes
TV Movie
- Composer
- 1972
Der Paukenspieler
7.9
- composer (segment "Ein unheimlicher Moment")
- 1971
Der junge Lord
7.8
- music by
- 1969

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Writer

Personal details

Official site
- Schott Music
Alternative names
- Hans-Werner Henze
Born
- July 1, 1926
- Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Died
- October 27, 2012
- Dresden, Saxony, Germany(undisclosed)
Other works
His ballet, "Ondine," was performed in a Royal Ballet production at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England with Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Alexander Grant, Leslie Edwards, and Monica Mason in the cast.

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Trivia
Henze lived with his partner Fausto Moroni from the early sixties and Moroni planned and planted the celebrated hillside garden around La Leprara. Moroni cared for the composer when he suffered a spectacular emotional collapse during which he barely spoke and had to be encouraged to eat, living as though in a coma. Shortly after Henze's sudden recovery in 2007 Moroni died after a lengthy battle with cancer. Elogium Musicum (2008) for large orchestra and chorus singing a text in Latin of Henze's own is an obituary to his partner of more than 40 years.

Quotes
I realized I could get people to listen to me - to make them laugh or cry or be happy or angry. This was a decisive experience - music as a means of communication.