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Hans Werner Henze

1926 – 2012

Chord Barn does not yet hold an IMSLP-sourced piano score collection for Hans Werner Henze. This page presents the composer and work catalog data published by Open Opus, a public-domain (CC0) classical-music metadata project, so the work list below is bibliographic — titles, subtitles, and genre classifications — not a set of downloadable PDF editions.

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Works by Hans Werner Henze in the Open Opus catalog

67 works · Data from Open Opus (openopus.org), released into the public domain (CC0) — fetched 2026-09-11. Catalog entries only: title, subtitle, and genre classification as published by Open Opus. These are not downloadable score editions.

By genre, from Open Opus’s own classification on this composer’s work records: 26 Orchestral · 21 Chamber · 13 Vocal · 7 Stage.

  • 3 Tientos, for guitarChamber
  • 5 Neapolitan Lieder, for baritone and chamber orchestraVocal
  • 5 Night Pieces, for violin and pianoChamber
  • Adagio, Fugue and Mänadentanz, suiteOrchestral
  • Apollo Et Hyazinthus, for voice, chorus and orchestraVocal
  • Ariosi, for soprano, violin and orchestraVocal
  • Ballet-Variationen — BalletStage
  • Being Beauteous, for coloratura soprano, harp and 4 cellosVocal
  • Boulevard Solitude: IntermezziOrchestral
  • Cantata della fiaba estrema, for soprano, chamber chorus and 13 instrumentsVocal
  • Capriccio, for celloChamber
  • Carillon, Recitatif and Masque, for chamber ensembleChamber
  • Compases para Preguntas Ensimisades, for viola and 22 players)Orchestral
  • Concerto for Double BassOrchestral
  • Das WundertheatreStage
  • Der junge LordStage
  • Double Concerto, for oboe, harp and stringsOrchestral
  • El Cimarrón, for baritone, flutes, guitar and percussionVocal
  • El Cimarrón, Recital for four musicansChamber
  • Elegy for Young Lovers — OperaStage
  • Erlkönig, fantasyOrchestral
  • Étude Philharmonique, for violinChamber
  • Fantasia, for strings or string sextetOrchestral
  • Fünf Nachtstücke, for violin and pianoChamber
  • L'autunno, for 5 wind instrumentsChamber
  • Mänadenjagd, for orchestraOrchestral
  • MoralitiesStage
  • Muses of Sicily, for chorus, 2 pianos, winds and timpaniVocal
  • Nachstücke und Arien, for soprano and orchestraVocal
  • New Folksongs and Herdsmen Songs, for bassoon, guitar, and string trioChamber
  • Ode an eine Aolsharfe, for chamber ensembleChamber
  • Ode on den Westwind, for cello and orchestraOrchestral
  • Orpheus Behind the Wire, for chorusVocal
  • Piano Concerto no. 2Orchestral
  • Prison Song, for percussionChamber
  • Quintet for WindsChamber
  • Ragtimes and HabanerasOrchestral
  • Royal Winter MusicChamber
  • Royal Winter MusicChamber
  • S. Biagio 9 agosto ore 12.07, for double bass soloChamber
  • Sebastian im TraumOrchestral
  • Selbst und Zweigespräche, for viola, guitar, and keyboardChamber
  • Serenade, for celloChamber
  • Sonata for StringsOrchestral
  • Sonata per otto ottoni, for brass ensembleChamber
  • Sonata, for violin soloChamber
  • Sonatina, for trumpetChamber
  • Sonatine, for flute and pianoChamber
  • Stimmen, 22 songs for mezzo-soprano, tenor and instrumental ensembleVocal
  • Symphony no. 1Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 2, for large orchestraOrchestral
  • Symphony no. 3Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 4, for large orchestraOrchestral
  • Symphony no. 5, for large orchestraOrchestral
  • Symphony no. 6, for 2 chamber orchestrasOrchestral
  • Symphony no. 7Orchestral
  • Symphony no. 8Orchestral
  • Telemanniana, for orchestraOrchestral
  • The Raft of the Medusa, oratorio for soprano, baritone, speaker, chorus, boys' voices and orchestraVocal
  • The Tedious Way to Natasha Ungeheur's Apartment — MusicalStage
  • Tristan, preludes for piano, orchestra and tapeOrchestral
  • Undine — BalletStage
  • Versuch über Schweine, for baritone and orchestraVocal
  • Violin Concerto no. 1Orchestral
  • Violin Concerto no. 2, for solo violin, tape, voices and 33 instrumentalistsOrchestral
  • Violin Concerto no. 3Orchestral
  • Whispers from Heavenly Death, cantata for soprano or tenor and small ensembleVocal