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Born: 16 November
1895, Hanau, Germany
Died: 28 December 1963, Frankfurt, Germany
Hindemith,
Paul
Among the German composers of the
greatest influence in the 20th century. His orderly, almost strict
style, is merged with human warmth and the energy of an enthusiastic artist.
During the years 1927-1933 he was a teacher in Berlin,
and together with Kurt
Weill,
Hindemith represented the call for a functional modern repertoire for everyday
life - "Gebrauchsmusik" - “utility
music”,
music whose purpose is to serve the masses and establish closer contact
between a composer and the public, rather than be detached from them, as
Wagner
and his 20th century successors were.
He immortalized the dilemma of an artist standing against
political tyranny in "Mathis the Painter"
("Mathis der Maler"). As he opposed Hitler,
he left Nazi Germany
to the United States.
Being also a scholar, he developed his own harmonic
Neo-Classical approach, contrapuntal system, and he composed "Ludus
Tonalis for Piano".
After the war, Hindemith settled in Zurich
in Switzerland, and died in Frankfurt
in 1963.
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