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".Henze was also known for his political convictions. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Werner Henze has received more than 273,106 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Werner Henze is the 394th most popular composer (down from 362nd in 2019), the 1,546th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,380th in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Composer.
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Among composers, Hans Werner Henze ranks 394 out of 1,216. Before him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Josef Rheinberger, Ferdinand Ries, Georges Delerue, Johann Baptist Wanhal, and Alfredo Casella. After him are Ernest Ansermet, Adriano Banchieri, Johannes Tinctoris, Anatoly Lyadov, Bernardo Pasquini, and John Koukouzelis.
1626 - 1690
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 388
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 389
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 390
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 391
1739 - 1813
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 392
1883 - 1947
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 393
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 394
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 395
1568 - 1634
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 396
1435 - 1511
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 397
1855 - 1914
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 398
1637 - 1710
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 399
1280 - 1360
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 400
Among people born in 1926, Hans Werner Henze ranks 101. Before him are Yoshio Okada, Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Francisco Rabal, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Siegfried Lenz, and John Schlesinger. After him are Roger Corman, Patricia Neal, Sydney Chaplin, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Hugo Banzer, and Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo. Among people deceased in 2012, Hans Werner Henze ranks 76. Before him are Sergio Oliva, Chaleo Yoovidhya, David Kelly, Bingu wa Mutharika, Teófilo Stevenson, and Scott McKenzie. After him are Carl Johan Bernadotte, Gore Vidal, Griselda Blanco, Santiago Carrillo, Maurice Herzog, and Galina Vishnevskaya.
1926 - 2002
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 95
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 96
1926 - 2001
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 97
1926 - 2007
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 98
1926 - 2014
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 99
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 100
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 101
1926 - Present
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 102
1926 - 2010
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 103
1926 - 2009
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 104
1926 - 2013
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 105
1926 - 2002
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 106
1926 - 2008
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 107
1941 - 2012
HPI: 58.79
Rank: 70
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 71
1929 - 2012
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 72
1934 - 2012
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 73
1952 - 2012
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 74
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 75
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 76
1916 - 2012
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 77
1925 - 2012
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 78
1943 - 2012
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 79
1915 - 2012
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 80
1919 - 2012
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 81
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 82
Among people born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 1,546 out of 6,142. Before him are Peter Minuit (1589), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Andreas Sigismund Marggraf (1709), Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters (1813), Eugen Fink (1905), and Rudolf Arnheim (1904). After him are Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Max Pechstein (1881), Hans Hartung (1904), Bernhardus Varenius (1622), Hans Langsdorff (1894), and Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752).
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,540
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,541
1709 - 1782
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,542
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,543
1905 - 1975
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,544
1904 - 2007
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,545
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,546
1863 - 1938
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,547
1881 - 1955
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,548
1904 - 1989
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,549
1622 - 1650
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,550
1894 - 1939
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 1,551
1752 - 1782
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 1,552
Among composers born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 58. Before him are Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Johann Schein (1586), Carl Heinrich Graun (1704), Klaus Schulze (1947), and Ferdinand Ries (1784). After him are Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Johann van Beethoven (1740), Hugo Riemann (1849), Albert Lortzing (1801), Heinrich Marschner (1795), and Johann Christoph Bach (1671).
1756 - 1792
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 52
1812 - 1883
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 53
1586 - 1630
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 54
1704 - 1759
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 55
1947 - 2022
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 56
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 57
1926 - 2012
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 58
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 59
1740 - 1792
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 60
1849 - 1919
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 61
1801 - 1851
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 62
1795 - 1861
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 63
1671 - 1721
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 64