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- His harmonic language is more modern, freely using all 12 notes of the chromatic scale within his tonal framework, as detailed in his three-volume treatise, The Craft of Musical Composition.
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Most of Hindemith's compositions are anchored by a foundational tone, and use musical forms and counterpoint and cadences typical of the Baroque and Classical traditions. His harmonic language is more modern, freely using all 12 notes of the chromatic scale within his tonal framework, as detailed in his three-volume treatise, The Craft of ...
Cello Sonata No. 1, Op. 11, No. 3 (1919) Cello Sonata No. 2 (1948) Kleine Sonate for Cello and Piano (1942) Solo Sonata for Cello, Op. 25, No. 3 (1923) Drei leichte Stücke for Cello and Piano (1938) Double Bass Sonata (1949) Pieces (unaccompanied double bass) (1929) Flute.
tonality. Paul Hindemith (born November 16, 1895, Hanau, near Frankfurt am Main, Germany—died December 28, 1963, Frankfurt am Main) was one of the principal German composers of the first half of the 20th century and a leading musical theorist. He sought to revitalize tonality—the traditional harmonic system that was being challenged by many ...
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Feb 25, 2016 · Introduction. Paul Hindemith (b. 1895–d. 1963) was one of the most versatile and energetic musicians among the major 20th-century composers. After playing violin in the Frankfurt Opera Orchestra for several years (most of them as concertmaster), he became a leading solo violist and member of the Amar Quartet, among the most respected groups ...
Paul Hindemith (November 16, 1895 – December 28, 1963) was an outstanding twentieth-century German composer, as well as a violist, teacher, theorist, and conductor. Hindemith helped to create a new conception of tonality with the 12-tone scale while retaining the traditional anchor of a tonic or foundational tone.
Only Hindemith's notes are much more advanced, as they naturally would be, being written over 200 years later. And once we hear it this way — as a continuation of what Bach started — Hindemith's music suddenly begins to sound much more "normal."
Notes on the Program from the NY Philharmonic: Paul Hindemith’s Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes of Carl Maria von Weber Sixty or seventy years ago Paul Hindemith was regularly cited as one of the most significant and influential composers of the 20th century. In ensuing years his public stock fell sharply, but
