“政治音乐”的代表——汉斯·维尔纳·亨策

Symbol of"Political music" Hsns Weiner Henge

1968年12月9日，在德国汉堡，一部音乐作品的首演导致了一场政治事件。这部引人瞩目的作品就是当代德国杰出的作曲家汉斯·维尔纳·亨策（Hans Wemer Henze）的清唱剧《梅杜萨之筏》（Dos Floβ der Medusa）。这部清唱剧是题献给古巴革命领袖格瓦拉（1928～1967）的，具有强烈的革命意识。演出开始，当左翼学生挑衅地把一面红旗披盖在舞台上时，联邦德国的合唱队员就高喊：“我们不愿在红旗下歌唱”并且罢演，音乐厅顿时陷入了一片混乱。一场世界性的首演就此天折。

Hans Werner Henze is a German composer well-known for his left-wing political convictions.He left Germany for Italy in 1953 because of a perceived intolerance towards his politics and homosexuality.He continues to live in the village of Marino in the central Italian region of Lazio.An avowed Marxist and mem- ber of the Italian Communist Party,Henze has produced compositions honoring Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara.The librettist of his requiem for Che Guevara,Das Floβder Medusa (The Raft of Medusa),was among several people arrested at the 1968 Hamburg premiere for placing a red flag on the stage.Henze spent a year teaching in Cuba,though he later became disillusioned with Fidel Castro.His music is extremely varied in style,having been influenced at various times by atonality,Stravinsky,Italian music,and jazz.