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(Eng’-el-bârt Hoom’-per-dink) 1854–1921 German composer Humperdinck studied in Cologne with Ferdinand Hiller and joined Wagner’s circle in Bayreuth. He assisted in the publication of Parsifal and was music tutor to Wagner’s son Siegfried, who later praised Hänsel und Gretel (1893) as ‘the most important opera since Parsifal’. Based on a tale by the brothers Grimm, the opera was composed while ...

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• Turn of the Century

1854–1921, German Humperdinck showed an aptitude for vocal composition from an early age and, despite the concerns of his family, entered the Cologne Conservatory in 1872. He was a high achiever, winning multiple prizes for his Schumann-influenced compositions. Wagner soon came to dominate the young composer’s artistic thoughts and, following a short visit to him, ...

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gift. The piece surpasses the original play in popularity, its appealing melody and atmospheric effects familiar from concert, ballet and film. Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Engelbert Humperdinck | Late Romantic | Classical ...

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obvious in Pfitzner’s first two operas: Der arme Heinrich (‘Poor Heinrich’, 1891–93) and Die Rose vom Liebesgarten (‘The Rose from the Garden of Love’, 1897–1900). Soon, along with Engelbert Humperdinck and Richard Strauss, he was regarded as one of Germany’s leading opera composers, and this position was solidified when, as director of the Strasbourg Opera, Pfitzner ...

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, Die ägyptische Helena and Arabella. Hofmannsthal also collaborated with Edgard Varèse (1885–1965) on Oedipus und die Sphinx (1909–13). Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Engelbert Humperdinck | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

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February ‘Penny Lane’/‘Strawberry Fields Forever’ The first record to emerge from the studio-bound Beatles was another pair of contrasting McCartney and Lennon songs, a recurring feature of recent singles but, with time to perfect and polish, the songs had moved up another level. Both made a nostalgic return to Liverpool for their inspiration but while Paul McCartney strode ...