Post-War · Open Opus catalog
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