a reflection on paul hindemith

Paul Hindemith was born in the German State of Hesse in 1885, and grew up in Germany. After he completed his studies at the Conservatory of Frankfurt-am-Main, he was appointed conductor of the opera orchestra (1915-1923). In 1921, he also helped organize the famous Amar-Hindemith Quartet, in which he played viola. In 1927, he became the composition teacher at the Musikhochschuk in Berlin (Germany). In 1934, Hitler banned his work in Germany because of its “extreme modernism”. Around the same time, Hi

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He wasn’t like composers before him.

I will admit that the first time I heard his music, my initial reaction was “what is that noise?” Now after studying music intensely, I realize that he was a genius. In late 1939, he moved to the United States, and became the composition professor at Yale University. All of his early music was lost, unpublished, or only bits and pieces. Listening to it, you can tell what was going on in his life by its tone. Hindemith was a rebel, but it’s the rebels who are willing to take chances on things they believe in. An example of this is found in what is disputably his best Opera, Mathis der Maler.

His last completed piece was simply entitled Mass. Schott’s Sohne and Mainz, 1961, p 7-11. This is portrayed with movements that are very dark and somber.

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