Talk:Hans Werner Henze

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Added some particulars about his political beliefs. Also explained why his librettist was arrested at the Hamburg premiere of the Che Guevara requiem. The article still needs some fleshing out. The reference at the end is a good source for additional information. Dtaw2001 18:42, 14 November 2005 (UTC)

I've added some more stuff in, mostly details about his style at different times in his career, including details about the wonderful ballet "Ondine". His operas all need more analysis, and some more stuff on his more recent music would be great. He wil be the Opera Project's composer of the month for June, so if my fellow members could work on any of this it would be great. Thank you.Moreschi 14:16, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Six months ago now Henry Flower revised the opening section to include a summary of influences, which includes "Italian music". I wonder if he or someone else more familiar with Henze's output than I am could make this a little more specific, since music by composers as diverse as Francesco Landini, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Antonio Vivaldi, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Denza, Luigi Russolo, and Agostino di Scipio are all "Italian music". The text later mentions Neapolitan music, which suggests Denza and not the others, but only to someone already very well-versed in Italian musical styles. Such a drastic restriction, on the other hand, may not be a fair characterization.--Jerome Kohl 21:17, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Intro
Shouldn't the introduction talk more about his music then his political beliefs? - 72.9.27.26 (talk) 21:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. While Henze has been extremely political, including effectively inciting a riot at one of his performances in Germany, he has spent his adult life totally immersed in music. His amazing output is possibly unequalled in sheer volume by any other 20th C. composer. The list of political tidbits in the intro to this article make the article sound tendentious. Having just read the impressive Hindemith, Hartmann and Henze by Guy Richards (Phaedon Press, 1995, ISBN 0 7148 3174 3) and this interesting and moving interview with the living composer, I hope to find time to do some editing on the uneven quality of Henze's Wikipedia entry. JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 00:22, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Did a little work on the intro. Hope it helps. JacquesDelaguerre (talk) 01:01, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Composer project review
I've reviewed this article as part of the Composers project review of its B-class articles. This is a pretty nice article; it has a few problems that I describe in my review on the comments page. Questions and comments should be left here or on my talk page.  Magic ♪piano 15:13, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

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