Hans Werner Henze, who has died aged 86, quickly established himself after the Second World War as Germany's leading composer, at least in terms of productivity and political activism, with only Karlheinz Stockhausen as his major and musically more radical rival.
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Hans Werner Henze
German composer;
Born: July 1, 1926; Died: October 27, 2012.
Hans Werner Henze, who has died aged 86, quickly established himself after the Second World War as Germany's leading composer, at least in terms of productivity and political activism, with only Karlheinz Stockhausen as his major and musically more radical rival.
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