Hans Werner Henze (born 1926) is a German composer of unusual productivity and diversity of style. He is best known for unorthodox operas such as Boulevard Solitude (1952), with its unique treatment o...
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Some years ago, Leonard Bernstein wrote that composing a symphony might have become impossible since its traditional inspiration-the idea of nobility-had all but vanished from our lives. In fact, t...
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Ballet companies have their ups and downs, just like the rest of us. In recent years we've watched American Ballet Theatre rising, New York City Ballet falling, the Kirov and the Bolshoi struggling...
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Hans Werner Henze
Non-Symphonic Programs Rescue the Symphonic Ideal
