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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.
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 ...
When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd: A Requiem for those we love (An American Requiem) [1] is a 1946 oratorio by composer Paul Hindemith, based on the poem of the same name by Walt Whitman. It is the first musical work to include the entirety of Whitman's 1865 poem. [2]
This is a list of operas by the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). List. Title Genre Subdivisions Libretto Première date Place, theatre
The man who brought about this wonder is the composer Paul Hindemith in his Kammermusik op. 24/1. One is confronted with a kind of music the likes of which no German composer with an artistic attitude has ever even dared think about, let alone write, music of a lewdness and frivolity only possible for a very special kind of composer." [7]
After 1953, Hindemith sanctioned only the 1952 revised version for theatrical performances. However, after the composer's death in 1963, the original version became available again for production. [7] The American premiere took place at the Santa Fe Opera in 1967 using a staging by director Bodo Igesz. [8]
Symphony: Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) is among the most famous orchestral works of German composer Paul Hindemith.Music from the symphony was incorporated into, or reworked for, Hindemith's opera Mathis der Maler, which concerns the painter Matthias Grünewald (or Neithardt).
Hindemith's score was borne from the success of his previous collaboration with Massine, Nobilissima Visione. Initially, they both conceived of a ballet based on the paintings of Pieter Brueghel the Elder, a score which the composer was projecting to being akin to a "Flemish peasant Persephone." Although Hindemith had composed a significant ...