ABENDSEGEN (Evening Prayer Chorus from Hansel & Gretel)

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854'1921) was a German composer, best known for his opera Hansel and Gretel. Humperdinck was born in Siegburg in the Rhine Province. He wrote his first composition at the age of seven and his first attempts at works for the stage were written when he was 13. His parents disapproved of his plans for a career in music and encouraged him to study architecture. Nevertheless, he began taking music classes at the Cologne Conservatory. In 1876, he won a scholarship to study in Munich. In 1879, he won the very first Mendelssohn Award given by the Mendelssohn Foundation. At the same time he travelled to Italy and became acquainted with Richard Wagner in Naples. Wagner invited him to join him in Bayreuth, where he assisted in the production of Parsifal, he also served as music teacher to Wagner's son, Siegfried. After winning another prize, Humperdinck traveled through Italy, France, and Spain and spent two years teaching at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. In 18

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