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Engelbert Humperdinck

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Engelbert Humperdinck

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German composer (1854–1921)

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Engelbert Humperdinck was a male composer, teacher, and musicologist who lived from 1854 to 1921. His professional fields included music composition, opera, and librettist work. He is associated with German and international nationalities and wrote in German.

His notable works include *Hänsel und Gretel*, *Figli di re*, and *Instrumentationslehre*. Open Library records indicate he authored 45 works, while Crossref lists five. He has been referenced by 370 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, VIAF, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1854
Died
1921
Works
45

Top works

  • Figli di re
  • Humperdinck, Hänsel und Gretel
  • Hanzel ṿe-Graiṭel--Engelberṭ Humperdinḳ
  • Hänsel und Gretel
  • Instrumentationslehre

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1936-05-02
2008 universal fire victimamericanballadbritisheasy listeningenglish

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
668,087
Total plays
7,830,503

Tags

oldies60spopeasy listeningClassical

There are multiple artists with this name: 1. Arnold George Dorsey, MBE (born 2 May 1936), known professionally as Engelbert Humperdinck, is a British pop singer. He has been described by AllMusic as a prominent performer of middle-of-the-road ballads and achieved international prominence in 1967 with his recording of "Release Me". Humperdinck began his career in the late 1950s under the name "Gerry Dorsey", but achieved commercial success after 1965 when he partnered with manager Gordon Mills

via Last.fm · Engelbert Humperdinck

Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan
1854–1921
Nationality
DE, DEU, XX
Role / Field
Komponist, Composers, Teacher, Musicologos, Libretistas, Composition music
Language
ger, deu
Gender
Male

Recorded by 39 libraries

via VIAF · OCLC

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Encyclopedic overview

Humperdinck, c. 1910

Engelbert Humperdinck ( German: [ˈɛŋl̩bɛʁt ˈhʊmpɐdɪŋk]; 1 September 1854 – 27 September 1921) was a German composer. He is known widely for his opera Hansel and Gretel (1893).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Engelbert Humperdinck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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