Hindemith's music was banned by the Nazis, and he was publicly vilified as a 'charlatan' and 'atonal noisemaker' by Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Hindemith believed composition was unteachable, yet he led one of the most prestigious composition classes at Yale University.
Composition History
Hindemith founded the Amar Quartet, named after its first violinist, in 1921 after achieving his compositional breakthrough and leaving the opera orchestra.
Composer Biography
Hindemith joined the prestigious Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra as a nineteen-year-old in 1915 and was appointed its leader the following year.
Composition History
Hindemith wrote his String Quartet No. 7 for himself to play in a domestic setting with female students from Yale University and his wife, an amateur cellist, taking her limited technical abilities into account.
Composer Biography
Hindemith emigrated to Switzerland and then to the United States in 1940 after being derided as a 'standard-bearer of musical decay' at the Exhibition of Degenerate Music.
Composer Biography
Paul Hindemith, the composer, was an outstanding violinist and viola player who could have had a career as a soloist.
