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Born in Hanau in 1895, Paul Hindemith was taught the violin as a child. He entered the Hoch’sche Konservatorium in Frankfurt am Main where he studied conducting, composition and violin under Arnold Mendelssohn and Bernhard Sekles, supporting himself by playing in dance bands and musical-comedy outfits. He led the Frankfurt Opera orchestra from 1915 to 1923 and played in the Rebner string quartet in 1921 in which he played second violin, and later the viola. In 1929 he founded the Amar Quartet, playing viola, and extensively toured Europe.

In 1922, some of his pieces were heard in the International Society for Contemporary Music festival at Salzburg, which first brought him to the attention of an international audience. The following year, he began to work as an organizer of the Donaueschingen Festival, where he programmed works by several avant garde composers, including Anton Webern and Arnold Schoenberg. From 1927 he taught composition at the Berliner Hochschule für Musik in Berlin and in the 1930s he made several visits to Ankara where he led the task of reorganizing Turkish music education. Towards the end of the 1930s, he made several tours of America as a viola and viola d’amore soloist.

Despite protests from the conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler, his music was condemned as “degenerate” by the Nazis, and in 1940 he emigrated to the USA. At the same time that he was codifying his musical language, his teaching began to be affected by his theories. At this time he taught primarily at Yale University where he had such notable pupils as Lukas Foss, Norman Dello Joio, Harold Shapero, and Ruth Schonthal.

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Metal_tne_best wrote:
last month

это какакша из китая пуакет как овца

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elnimio wrote:
May 2011

dat counterpoint

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insomniacme wrote:
February 2011

remains quite unimpressive imo

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Diothalamus wrote:
February 2011

this man was great at everything! from his piano pieces to his string quartets and chamber music, just everything blows me away

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elnimio wrote:
January 2011

the string quartets are sickkk

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cccooorrreeeyyy wrote:
January 2011

the string quartets are probably underrated

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shinobi001 wrote:
December 2010

I don't think it's absurd to compare the Hindemith viola sonatas to Bach's cello work.

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insomniacme wrote:
April 2010

eh.

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matt15_bsas wrote:
January 2010

Adoro su libro'' Adiestramiento elemental para musicos'' , una explicacion directa y profesional :)

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KraeheK wrote:
January 2010

The solo viola sonatas have an oddly consoling and richly emotional feel - it feels absurd to make the comparison, but it gives me a similar feel to Bach's violin and cello solo music.

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danwe wrote:
September 2009

funny, the flute sonata is actually Kraftwerk's "tour de france"....

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mrweithy wrote:
December 2008

Yo... when me an ma bros get togeather and break out the blunts n 40s, i slap on some hindemith an pump up da bass!!! YA HURD??????

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sodiumneck wrote:
November 2008

the 'pataphysics group exists

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carol_s wrote:
November 2008

Trauermusik is one of the greatest, saddest, most beautiful, most original viola pieces ever. amazing.

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flute4me wrote:
September 2008

I played his Sonata for Flute and Piano, and I've loved his music ever since :)

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Funkyshoe wrote:
January 2008

I recently performed his cello and viola duet, very difficult piece, but a great one.

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larrybob wrote:
November 2007

Check out the 1922 Suite for piano op 26 particularly the last movement Ragtime.

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Amina172 wrote:
October 2007

Join Schumann group!

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snader wrote:
September 2007

The Mathis der Maler symphony is great too. :)

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Vajrapani wrote:
May 2007

Great and totally underrated composer!

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