Humperdinck: A Life of the Composer of Hänsel Und Gretel

by William Melton

The first-ever full-length biography in English of Engelbert Humperdinck, composer of the opera H?nsel und Gretel, examining the rest of his substantial output in a historical framework which sets him in the rich musical life of Wilhelmine Germany.

Engelbert Humperdinck's opera H?nsel und Gretel is one of the best-known in the repertoire, its melodies as familiar as folk-tunes - and yet no full-length biography of Humperdinck (1854-1921) has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907689922
• ISBN13: 9780907689928
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Toccata Press
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.3"