Werner Egk (German pronunciation: [ˈɛk], 17 May 1901 – 10 July 1983), born Werner Joseph Mayer, was a German composer. He was born in the Swabian town...

Circe is a 1945 opera by Werner Egk after Pedro Calderón de la Barca, premiered 1948. Egk reworked it as an opera semibuffa as 17 Tage und 4 Minuten, 1966...

Werner Bodendorff (born in 1958) is a German oboist, musicologist (with a focus on Franz Schubert, Werner Egk, church music and wind music) as well as...

Columbus is a 1933 opera by Werner Egk. Originally a radio opera, Egk revised it in 1942 for the stage. The Munich premiere was acclaimed in the press...

David Henry Hwang and Stephan Muller Peer Gynt (opera), a 1938 opera by Werner Egk Peer Gynt, a ballet by John Neumeier set to music by Alfred Schnittke...

by Werner Egk to a libretto after the play Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen. The premiere took place on 24 November 1938 at the Berlin State Opera where Egk was...

archaeologist 1861–1933 Ferdinand Bonn, stage and film actor 1901–1983 Werner Egk, composer 1942 Werner Schnitzer, actor 1948 Manfred G. Schmidt, professor of political...

Verlobung in San Domingo (The Engagement in San Domingo) is a 1960 opera by Werner Egk after Heinrich von Kleist, premiered on 22 November 1963 at the Bavarian...

Hindemith (1895–1963) Herbert Eimert (1897–1972) Kurt Weill (1900–1950) Werner Egk (1901–1983) Stefan Wolpe (1902–1972) Boris Blacher (1903–1975) Karl Amadeus...

soldat by Igor Stravinsky Abraxas, a ballet based on the Faust legend by Werner Egk which has been choreographed by several different creatives Faust was...

Many classical and later composers have written compositions in the form of variations on a theme by another composer. This is an incomplete list of such...

form Abrasax may also refer to: Abraxas (ballet), a ballet with music by Werner Egk Abraxas (band), a Czech rock band Abraxas (album), a 1970 album by Santana...

(Christmas), a radio opera (also known as Weihnacht 1929), composed by Werner Egk to a libretto by Robert Seitz was first broadcast in 1929 by Bayerischer...

Der Revisor is a comic opera in five acts by Werner Egk, who was also the librettist. It is based on Nikolai Gogol's play The Government Inspector. The...

Helene Voigt-Diederichs (1875–1961) Johann Nepomuk David (1895–1977) Werner Egk (1901–1983) Gerhard Frommel [de] (1906–1984) Harald Genzmer (1909–2007)...

Ernst Haefliger. Operas by Werner Egk, Boris Blacher and Luigi Nono were premiered during this time, including Hans Werner Henze's König Hirsch on 23...

il principe Eugenio by Alberto Bruno Tedeschi, the Suite Française by Werner Egk, the Tanz-Rondo by Gottfried von Einem, and the Symphony No. 6 by Karl...

has given world premieres of works by, among others, Olivier Messiaen, Werner Egk, Péter Eötvös, and Jörg Widmann. James R. Oestreich from The New York...

Irische Legende (Irish Legend) is a 1955 opera by Werner Egk who also wrote the libretto after the 1892/1899 verse drama The Countess Cathleen by W. B...

York/London 1979). In Germany, under the title Der Fuchs und der Rabe, Werner Egk set the fable for children's performance in 1932 and the Swiss composer...

(1940), by Amilcare Zanella; premiered in Trieste Der Revisor (1957), by Werner Egk (1901–1983); first performed at the Schlosstheater Schwetzingen at the...

Abraxas is a ballet in five scenes with both music and a libretto by Werner Egk that is based on the Faust legend. The original 1948 choreography for the...

choreographies of works by contemporary composers including Boris Blacher, Werner Egk, Hans Werner Henze, Giselher Klebe, Luigi Nono and Carl Orff. Tatjana Issatschenko...

Eberwein (1775–1831) Johannes Eccard (1553–1611) Moritz Eggert (born 1965) Werner Egk (1901–1983) Ernst Eichner (1740–1777), also known as Ernst Dietrich Adolph...

another theatrical success after Peer Gynt. In 1938, German composer Werner Egk finished an opera based on the story. In 1948, the composer Harald Sæverud...

dedicated to Carl Orff – Dießen am Ammersee Werner-Egk-Begegnungsstätte [nl], dedicated to Werner Egk – Donauwörth Sängermuseum [nl] – Feuchtwangen...

Die Zaubergeige is a 1935 opera by Werner Egk to a libretto by Ludwig Strecker after Count Franz Pocci. Egk revised the opera in 1954. Die Zaubergeige...

of 1 symphony Conrad Beck (1901–1989), Swiss composer of 7 symphonies Werner Egk (1901–1983), German composer of 1 symphony (Kleine Symphonie, 1926) Eivind...

leader (b. 1916) July 7 – Herman Kahn, American futurist (b. 1922) July 10 Werner Egk, German composer (b. 1901) Estrellita Castro, Spanish singer and actress...

13 – Witold Pilecki, Polish resistance leader (executed 1948) May 17 Werner Egk, German composer (d. 1983) Max Lorenz, German tenor (d. 1975) May 18 –...