COMPOSER

Hans Werner Henze

1926 - 2012

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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 431st most popular composer (down from 394th in 2019), the 1,722nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,546th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular German Composer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hans Werner Henzes by language

Over the past year Hans Werner Henze has had the most page views in the with 34,652 views, followed by English (28,607), and French (5,165). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swedish (170.68%), Macedonian (38.75%), and Galician (35.63%)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Hans Werner Henze ranks 431 out of 1,451. Before him are Nikolai Medtner, Józef Elsner, Ernest Ansermet, Raimonds Pauls, Johannes Tinctoris, and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia. After him are Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari, Joseph Kosma, Louis Durey, Heinrich Marschner, Federico Mompou, and Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Hans Werner Henze ranks 118. Before him are Robert Fogel, Irene Camber, Jimmy Savile, Henry Molaison, Sydney Chaplin, and Galina Vishnevskaya. After him are Yevgeny Leonov, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, Kim Jong-pil, Cloris Leachman, Muhammad al-Badr, and Estanislau Basora. Among people deceased in 2012, Hans Werner Henze ranks 85. Before him are Kathryn Joosten, Miguel de la Madrid, Maurice Herzog, Neslişah Sultan, Galina Vishnevskaya, and Maurice André. After him are Gore Vidal, Meles Zenawi, Rajesh Khanna, Miljan Miljanić, Estanislau Basora, and Marcos Alonso.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 1,722 out of 7,253. Before him are William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1487), Egon Bahr (1922), Charles the Child (847), Otto Abetz (1903), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716). After him are Günther Quandt (1881), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Sebastian Haffner (1907), Dieter Rams (1932), and Jochen Mass (1946).

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Among COMPOSERS In Germany

Among composers born in Germany, Hans Werner Henze ranks 63. Before him are Johann Georg Pisendel (1687), Nicolaus Bruhns (1665), Carl Loewe (1796), Alfred Einstein (1880), Ferdinand Ries (1784), and Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia (1716). After him are Heinrich Marschner (1795), Friedrich von Flotow (1812), Ferdinand Hiller (1811), Joseph Martin Kraus (1756), Johann Ludwig Bach (1677), and Christoph Graupner (1683).

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