Birthdate: November 16, 1895
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Hanau, Germany
Died: December 28, 1963
Paul Hindemith was a versatile composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor of German and American descent. He founded the Amar Quartet and played a key role in the Neue Sachlichkeit style of music. His notable compositions include Kammermusik, Der Schwanendreher, Mathis der Maler, Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber, and When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d. Hindemith’s works showcase a fusion of Baroque and Classical traditions with a modern harmonic language, incorporating all 12 notes of the chromatic scale.
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