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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Example Sentences

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

Paul Hindemith was a classmate and lifelong friend.

From New York Times • Jan. 13, 2022

BP Hall has never looked so fabulous with magnificent Oskar Schlemmer costumes created for a Hindemith ballet in a glorious Frank Gehry-designed display.

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

The appearance of Hindemith in the musical life of our day is very fortunate, for he stands out as a wholesome and illuminating principle amid so much obscurity.

From An Autobiography by Stravinsky, Igor