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Solo Sonata for Cello, Op. 25, No. 3 (1923) Drei leichte Stücke for Cello and Piano (1938) Sonata for Double Bass and piano Sonata (1949) Pieces (unaccompanied double bass) (1929) Flute Canonic sonatina for two Flutes, Op. 31, No. 3 (1923) Eight Pieces for Solo Flute (1927) Sonata for Flute and Piano (1936) Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1938)
Paul Hindemith (/ ˈ p aʊ l ˈ h ɪ n d ə m ɪ t / POWL HIN-də-mit; German: [ˌpaʊ̯l ˈhɪndəmɪt] ⓘ; 16 November 1895 – 28 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor.
Opening (Play ⓘ) and second to last (Play ⓘ) measures of the piece.From the first and final movements, respectively. Ludus Tonalis ("Play of Tones", "Tonal Game", or "Tonal Primary School" after the Latin Ludus Litterarius), subtitled Kontrapunktische, tonale, und Klaviertechnische Übungen (Counterpoint, tonal and technical studies for the piano), is a piano work by Paul Hindemith that ...
Caricature of Hindemith playing viola. Hindemith's Op. 24 consists of two works. The first, Kammermusik Op. 24, No. 1, was composed for a 13-piece orchestra. The second, Kleine Kammermusik, Op. 24, No. 2, was for wind quintet. [5] Like Op. 24, Hindemith's Op. 36 also consists of multiple works, Kammermusik Nos. 2–5.
Paul Hindemith's Der Schwanendreher (literally, "The Swan Turner") is a concerto for viola and orchestra. Der Schwanendreher occupies a place at the core of the viola concerto repertoire, along with the concertos by Walton and Bartók. It was composed in 1935 and premiered by the composer himself at a performance in Amsterdam on 14 November 1935.
The first Boston-area performance of the Symphony in B-flat for Band was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 13, 1955 with conductor John Corley. [4]There are two recordings of this piece conducted by composer: Philharmonia Orchestra (1956, EMI, issued 1958 as Angel LP 35489) and Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (recorded at the Herkulessaal der Müncher Residenz, 8 October ...
Hindemith introduces a non-traditional key signature (G-sharp and F-Sharp only) that sets the music in a whole-tone mode; while the viola does occasionally play runs and phrases with half-steps, the piano persists in the figure G#-F#-E-D, over which the viola builds towards a climax in C-sharp minor, which is the first note of the third movement.
He was the first to perform Hindemith's three piano sonatas of 1936 in the UK, on Wednesday 1 June 1938 at the Wigmore Hall. [5] He also played with the violinist Carl Flesch . [ 6 ] [ 7 ] With the violinist Maria Lidka and the cellist Christopher Bunting he formed the Reizenstein Trio, and he also performed with two émigré violinists, Max ...