Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921)
Bio
Not to be confused with the English pop singer by the same name, the composer Engelbert Humperdinck was born in Siegburg, Germany. He was a prodigy composer and studied at Cologne under Hiller & Seiss. He taught in Barcelona and at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt. His most famous composition is the opera Hänsel und Gretel.
Music
Dornröschen, orchestral suite from the opera
Maurische Rhapsodie
Hänsel und Gretel
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