Paul Hindemith

Synopsis

German organist, composer, and teacher

• Born in Hanau, nr Frankfurt, Germany on November 16, 1895.
• He was taught music from an early age.
• He took violin from Anna Hegner, and Adolf Rebner.
• 1912-13 He studied composition with Arnold Mendelssohn (a great-nephew of Felix Mendelssohn)
• 1917 went into the army
• 1919 At this point after the war he considered himself primarily a composer.
• During this time his musical output increased with opears, chamber music, piano music, vocal works, parodies, entertainment music, and film scores
• His style turned from eclectic to his own style of impressionism
• He became a member of the programme committee of the Danaueschingen Festival.
• 1928 The festival focused on organ music.
• 1924 he married Gertrud Rottenberg
• 1927 He moved to Berlin to teach at the Berlin Musikhochscule.
• There he came to the conclusion that composition could not be taught, only the 'craft' of handling musical materials.
• He started researching music theory and acoustics.
• He was one of the first composers to offer classes in Film Music
• 1935 on the invitation of the Turkish government, moved to Turkey to oversea the organization of musical lifef there.
• During this time he helped Jewish musicians escape to Turkey
• 1935 published 'The Craft of Musical COmpostion'
• 1937 He wrote Theoretischer Teil
• Died Frankfurt, Germany on December 28, 1963

His style is considered neoclassical although, he uses the contrapuntal style of JS Bach and Reger. For details, see the Wikipedia article on Paul Hindemith.

List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title	Year
Op. ??	Organ Sonata No. 1	1937
Op. ??	Organ Sonata No. 2	1937
Op. ??	Organ Sonata No. 3 (on ancient folk songs)	1940 I- I Op. ?? II Organ Conceto II 1963

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