Hans werner henze autobiography meaning

German composer (1926–2012)

Hans Werner Henze (1 July 1926 – 27 October 2012) was a German composer. His large oeuvre is extremely varied in style, having been influenced by serialism, atonality, Stravinsky, Italian music, Arabic music and jazz, as well as traditional schools of German composition.

In particular, his stage works reflect "his consistent cultivation of music for the theatre throughout his life".^[1]

Henze was also known for his political convictions.

Bohemian fifths by Hans Werner Henze | Open Library

He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his leftist politics and homosexuality. Late in life he lived in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio, and in his final years still travelled extensively, in particular to Britain and Germany, as part of his work. An avowed Marxist and member of the Italian Communist Party, Henze produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara.

At the 1968 Hamburg premiere of his requiem for Che Hans Werner Henze - Wikipedia RAHIP