Matisse, the painter of Hindemith

Author: (German) Paul Hindemith Composer
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: Paul Hindemith (1895-1963) was a renowned American-German composer and conductor. In August 1921, his String Quartet premiered, establishing his position as one of Germany's leading young composers. A distinctive feature of Hindemith's musical writing was his extremely fast tempo. He composed Kammermusik in just five days, and the finale of Sonata for Solo Violin was completed on a train traveling from Bremen to Frankfurt. Hindemith also served as a professor of composition at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik and Yale University in the United States.