Hindemith

American  

[hin-duh-mith, ‑mit] / ˈhɪn də mɪθ, ‑mɪt /

noun

1. Paul, 1895–1963, U.S. composer, born in Germany.

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Hindemith British  

/ ˈhɪndəmɪt /

noun

1. Paul (paul). 1895–1963, German composer and musical theorist, who opposed the twelve-tone technique. His works include the song cycle Das Marienleben (1923) and the opera Mathis der Maler (1938)

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Hindemith

And her explorations of music by Peter Cornelius, Max Reger and Paul Hindemith, though less familiar, are no less appealing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

But the symphony’s final moments — a gripping sequence of volcanic fanfares that scatter the opera’s darkness — answered any questions I was forming about Wilkins’s handle on Hindemith.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2022

One overlooked Weimar invention was the jazzing-up of Bach, first done by Hindemith in his adamantly dancable 1921 “Rag Time,” which opened the program.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 9, 2020

But there were also champions of the avant-garde, such as Wassily Kandinsky, who was close with Schoenberg, and Oskar Schlemmer, who used a piano-roll score by Hindemith for a version of his “Triadic Ballet.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2019

I realized the difference, and before beginning the work I consulted Hindemith, who is a perfect violinist.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor