Paul Hindemith
Born: 16th November 1895, Hanau
Died: 28th December 1963, Frankfurt
Nationality: German
Paul Hindemith was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) style of music in the 1920s, with compositions such as Kammermusik, including works with viola and viola d'amore as solo instruments in a neo-Bachian spirit. Other notable compositions include his song cycle Das Marienleben (1923), his oratorio Das Unaufhörliche (1931), Der Schwanendreher for viola and orchestra (1935), the opera Mathis der Maler (1938) and the symphony Mathis der Maler (1934), the Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (1943), and the oratorio When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd (1946), a requiem based on Walt Whitman's poem. Hindemith and his wife emigrated to Switzerland and the United States ahead of World War II, after worsening difficulties with the Nazi German regime.
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Further Reading: Hindemith
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A fin-de-siècle voyage with Barbara Hannigan and the Emerson String Quartet
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Andris Nelsons conducts Sibelius and Wagner
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Popular Genres: Hindemith
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Popular Works: Hindemith
- Cello Concerto (1940) (15)
- Das Marienleben for Soprano & Piano, Op. 27 (15)
- Der Schwanendreher (22)
- Die vier Temperamente (22)
- Kleine Kammermusik for wind quintet, Op. 24 No. 2 (30)
- Konzertmusik, Op. 50 for strings & brass (26)
- Ludus tonalis (23)
- Nobilissima Visione (43)
- Organ Sonata No. 1 (25)
- Organ Sonata No. 2 (22)
- Organ Sonata No. 3 (16)
- Piano Sonata No. 2 in G major (24)
- Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat major (28)
- Sonata for Alto Horn & Piano in E flat major (17)
- Sonata for Bassoon and Piano (23)
- Sonata for Clarinet & Piano in B flat major (26)
- Sonata for Double Bass & Piano (16)
- Sonata for Flute & Piano (21)
- Sonata for Harp (34)
- Sonata for Horn and Piano (21)
- Sonata for Oboe and Piano in G (17)
- Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 25 No. 3 (33)
- Sonata for solo viola (1937) (21)
- Sonata for solo Viola, Op. 11 No. 5 (18)
- Sonata for Solo Viola, Op. 25 No. 1 (35)
- Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 31 No. 2 'Es ist so schönes Wetter draussen...' (27)
- Sonata for Trombone and Piano (17)
- Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (43)
- Sonata for Viola & Piano in F major, Op. 11 No. 4 (41)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano in C major (17)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano in E flat major, Op. 11 No. 1 (19)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano in E major (23)
- String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22 (1921) (previously No. 3) (17)
- Symphonia serena (16)
- Symphonic Metamorphoses on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (75)
- Symphony 'Die Harmonie der Welt' (15)
- Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' (55)
- Symphony in B flat major for Concert Band (35)
- Trauermusik (46)
- Violin Concerto (29)
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