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Paul Hindemith

German composer (1895–1963)

1895–1963

162 works in the index

Born
1895
Died
1963
Birthplace
Hanau
Citizenship / historical state
West Germany
Period (estimated from birth year)
Modern

Biography

Paul Hindemith was born in Hanau, Germany, (near Frankfurt) in November 1895. He was the eldest child of a painter (Rudolph Hindemith) and of a farmer’s daughter (Marie Sophie née Warnicke).

Musical talent was likely in the blood – Paul took up the violin early, his sister Toni the piano and his brother Rudolf the cello.

Paul lived a very busy and varied musical life, as concert violinist (he also played the viola), and as conductor, teacher, composer, and theorist.

One of his best known compositions is his one-act opera, Sancta Susanna, set to a libretto by August Stramm, first performed in Frankfurt in March 1922. This opera depicted the barely-sublimated lusts of the nuns at a convent. In 1930, the prominent English musicologist Marion Scott wrote that though Sancta Susanna’s content is “horrific,” its “musical brilliance is equally certain.”

Hindemith left Germany for Turkey in 1935, and left Turkey for the United States in 1940, becoming an American citizen in 1946. By a quirk of fate, he was back in Germany, in Frankfurt, at the time of his death, in December 1963, of an inflammation of the pancreas.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Piano, Orchestra, violin, Flute, Viola
Genres represented
Classical
Works with composition dates
1 of 162

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 2 of 4

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser - Clarinet - Clarinet — —— —Classical 1
Viola Sonata - Viola - Viola — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Viola Sonata, Movement 2: Theme and Variations - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser - Horn - Horn — —— —Classical 1
Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4 - Set of Parts — Op. 11, No. 4F major Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Viola Sonata, Movement 3: Finale - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.11, No.1, Movement 1 - Piano Score — Op.11, No.1E-flat major Piano, violinClassical 1
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser - Bassoon - Bassoon — —— —Classical 1
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser - Score and Parts — —— —Classical 1
Viola Sonata, Movement 1: Fantasy - Piano Score - Piano Score — —— Piano, ViolaClassical 1
Kleine Kammermusik für fünf Bläser - Flute - Flute — —— —Classical 1
Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.11, No.1, Movement 2 — Op.11, No.1E-flat major Piano, violin— 0
Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op.11, No.1, Movement 1 — Op.11, No.1E-flat major Piano, violin— 0
Viola Sonata in F Major, Op. 11, No. 4 — Op. 11, No. 4F major Piano, Viola— 0
"Sonata for Flute (1936): 3rd movt, Sehr lebhaft" — —— Flute— —
"Sonata for Clarinet: 2nd or 4th movt, Lebhaft or Kleines Rondo, gem?chlich" — —— Clarinet— —
Du bist mein — —— PianoClassical 1
Frauenklage - Lady's Lament — —— PianoClassical 1
Abendstandchen — —— PianoClassical —
Tranenkruglein — —— PianoClassical —
Abendwolke — —— PianoClassical 1
Trubes Wetter — —— PianoClassical —
Wer wu!te je das Leben recht zu fassen — —— —Classical —
Eau qui se presse — —— PianoClassical 1
C'est de la cote d'Adam — —— PianoClassical —
Ranae ad Solem — —— PianoClassical 1
1. Dance of the Wooden Dolls, Foxtrot — —— —Classical —
Vor der Passion — —— —Classical 2
Mariae Verkundigung — —— —Classical —
Geburt Christi — —— —Classical 2
Nobilissima Visione — —— Clarinet, PiccoloClassical 3
Symphonia serena — —— Horn, TubaClassical 2
Mathis Der Maler — —— Horn, TubaClassical 4
Sinfonia Serena — —— —Classical —
Sonate: II. Lebhaft — —— —Classical 1
Sonate: IV. Kleines Rondo, gemachlich — —— —Classical 1
Sonata for Double Bass and Piano — —— Double BassClassical 1
Sonate: III. Lied des Raufbolds Performed by Paul Hindemith — —— TromboneClassical 1
Sonate: IV. Allegro moderato maestoso — —— —— —
Echo — —— FluteClassical 2
Flute Sonata: I. Heiter bewegt — —— FluteClassical 1
Sonate in F major: I. Massig bewegt — —F major HornClassical 1
Sonate: II. Massig bewegt — —— —Classical —
Sonata - I 'Munter' — —— OboeClassical 1
Symphonic Metamorphosis On Themes By Weber — —— ClarinetClassical 1
Sonata for Oboe and Piano : II. Sehr langsam Performed by Paul Hindemith — —— OboeClassical 1
Drei Leichte Stucke — —— CelloClassical —
"Sonata for Flute : 3rd movt, Sehr lebhaft" Performed by Paul Hindemith — —— FluteClassical 1

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 24622167. Portrait: Foto vom Hindemith-Institut als Rechteinhaber unter GFDL zur Verfügung gestellt Hochgeladen nach de.wikipedia von de:Benutzer:Axel Hindemith, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.