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Paul Hindemith ( / ˈpaʊl ˈhɪndəmɪt / POWL HIN-də-mit; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe.
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.
Hindemith made his breakthrough in 1921 at the first Donaueschingen Chamber Music Days. He established his reputation as an interpreter of contemporary music here and, as a composer, moved virtually overnight to the forefront of the musical avant garde in Germany.
Paul Hindemith aged 28. This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). Operas. Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, in one act, on a libretto by Oskar Kokoschka (1919; premiered 1921) Das Nusch-Nuschi, in one act, on a libretto by Franz Blei (1920; premiered 1921)
Often dismissed today as a dry neo-classicist, the German composer Paul Hindemith was in fact one of the most visionary figures of his time, says John Allison. Here he explores his life and works
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.
One of the most important composers of the first half of the 20th century, Paul Hindemith dominated German musical life during the Weimar Republic (1919–33). A versatile musician, he sustained an astonishing level of productivity in his composing while pursuing a successful career as a solo violist and member of a professional string quartet.
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