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Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck (1854-1921), German composer, best known for his opera Hänsel und Gretel (1893) and for his incidental music for Shakespeare's plays. He was born in Siegburg, and educated in Cologne and Munich. In 1879 he met and became a disciple of the German composer Richard Wagner, whose theories influenced his music. Humperdinck taught at the Conservatory of Barcelona in Spain and at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany.

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