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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 3 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
"Interludium and Fugue No. 6 in E flat, from Ludus Tonalis" — —— PianoClassical 1
3. Traum — —— —Classical —
2. Wie Sankt Franciscus schweb ich in der Luft — —— —Classical —
5. Vor dir schein ich aufgewacht — —— —Classical —
6. Du machst mich traurig ~ hor' — —— —Classical —
8. Trompeten — —— —Classical —
02. Die Darstellung Maria im Tempel — —— —Classical —
03. Maria Verkundigung — —— —Classical —
05. Argwohn Josephs — —— —Classical 2
08. Rast auf der Flucht in Agypten — —— —Classical 2
12. Stillung Maria mit dem Auferstandenen — —— —Classical —
13. Vom Tode Maria I — —— —Classical —
Sonnenuntergang — —— —Classical 1
Des Morgens — —— —Classical 1
Abendphantasie — —— —Classical 1
Fragment des symphonies pour instruments à vent à la mémoire de Achille-Claude Debussy — —— —Classical 1
Marsch — —— PianoClassical 1
The Moon — —— —Classical 1
Envoy — —— —Classical 1
The Wild Flower's Song — —— VoiceClassical 1
To Music, to becalm his Fever — —— —Classical 1
Wer wu — —— PianoClassical 1
Pieces I, II, III & VII from Eight Pieces for Flute Solo — —— PiccoloClassical 1
Kammermusik No.3 (Cello-Konzert) Op.36 No.2 — Op.36 No.2— CelloClassical —
Trumpet Sonata — —— TrumpetClassical —
Bassoon Sonata — —— BassoonClassical —
Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber: I. Allegro — —— TromboneClassical 1
06. Verkündigung über den Hirten — —— Vocal— 2
Abendst — —— Piano, Voice— 1
Tr — —— Piano, Voice— 1
C'est de la c — —— Piano, Voice— 1
1. Pavane und Gaillarde — —— —— 2
2. Tourdion — —— —— 2
3. Bransle simple — —— —— 2
4. Bransle de Bourgongne — —— —— 2
6. Bransle d'Escosse — —— —— 2
7. Pavane, wie am Anfang — —— —— 2
Symphony in B-flat Major for Concert Band — —B-flat major —— 1
Auf, lern singen — —— —— 1
Willst du nach der Tabulatur spielen — —— —— 1
Wer aber dies edle Kunst sei — —— —— 1
Arie "Ach, hatt' ich, wie jetzt die Knaben" — —— —— 1
Wie ein Esel die Saiten zwickt — —— —— 1
Melodram "Hor zu wie es dem Arion erging" — —— —— 1
Schlusschor "Drum lern singen" — —— —— 1
1. Crescendo — —— Organ, Orchestra— 1
2. Allegro Assai — —— Organ, Orchestra— 1
3. Canzonetta in triads, and two Ritornelli — —— Organ, Orchestra— 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.