Hindemith: Keyboard Works
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| 2 Little Pieces |
Kammermusik (Chamber Music) is a group of eight chamber music compositions by Paul Hindemith. He wrote them, each in several movements, during the 1920s. They are grouped in three opus numbers: Op. 24, Op. 36 and Op. 46. Six of these works, Kammermusik Nos. 2–7, are not what is normally considered chamber music – music for a few players with equally important parts such as a wind quintet – but rather concertos for a soloist and chamber orchestra. They are concertos for piano, cello, violin, viola, viola d'amore and organ. The works, for different ensembles, were premiered at different locations and times. The composer was the soloist in the premiere of the viola concertos, while his brother Rudolf Hindemith was the soloist in the premiere of the cello concerto. Kammermusik is reminiscent of Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, also concertos for different solo and orchestra instruments, and in a neo-Bachian spirit of structure, polyphony and stability of motion. |
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| 5 Dance Pieces, op. 19 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Berceuse |
Henri Marteau (31 March 1874 – 3 October 1934) was a French violinist and composer. |
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| In einer Nacht, 14 short pieces, op. 15 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Klaviermusik, op. 37 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Lied |
Sancta Susanna is an early opera by Paul Hindemith in one act, with a German libretto by August Stramm. Composed over a two-week period in January/February 1921, its premiere was on 26 March 1922, at the Oper Frankfurt. The work is his third and final in a triptych of expressionist-influenced one-act operas – the previous two being Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen op. 12 (1921), and Das Nusch-Nuschi op. 20 (1921) – and much like the previous works, scandalised Frankfurt's concert-going public, affording the young composer heightened critical attention and notoriety. |
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| Ludus tonalis, cycle of 25 pieces for piano |
Ludus Tonalis ("Play of Tones"), subtitled Kontrapunktische, tonale, und Klaviertechnische Übungen (Counterpoint, tonal and technical studies for the piano), is a 1942 piano work by Paul Hindemith. It was composed during his stay in the United States and was his last piano piece. The suite of 25 pieces demonstrates Hindemith's ideas about tonality and his mastery of counterpoint. |
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| Organ Sonata no. 1 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Organ Sonata no. 2 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Organ Sonata no. 3, "On Old Folksongs" | ||
| Piano Sonata no. 1 in A, "Der Main" |
Piano Sonata No. 1 in A major is the first piano sonata by German composer Paul Hindemith. It was finished in 1936 and is subtitled Der Main (translated into English as The River Main) after a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin. |
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| Piano Sonata no. 2 in G |
The Piano Sonata No. 2 in G major by Paul Hindemith was composed in 1936. A typical performance lasts 13 minutes. The shortest of his three piano sonatas, Hindemith thought of this sonata as a sonatina, and its writing is considered to be accessible even to amateurs. |
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| Piano Sonata no. 3 in B flat major |
Piano Sonata No. 1 in A major is the first piano sonata by German composer Paul Hindemith. It was finished in 1936 and is subtitled Der Main (translated into English as The River Main) after a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin. |
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| Piano Sonata, 4 hands |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Piano Sonata, op. 17 |
In music, a sonata (; pl. sonate) is a piece that consists of 3 or 4 movements that can be for different musical instruments. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until the Classical era, when it took on increasing importance. Sonata is a vague term, with varying meanings depending on the context and time period. By the early 19th century it came to represent a principle of composing large-scale works. It was applied to most instrumental genres and regarded—alongside the fugue—as one of two fundamental methods of organizing, interpreting and analyzing concert music. Though the musical style of sonatas has changed since the Classical era, most 20th- and 21st-century sonatas maintain the overarching structure. The term sonatina, pl. sonatine, the diminutive form of sonata, is often used for a short or technically easy sonata. |
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| Sonata for 2 Pianos |
The Piano Sonata No. 2 in G major by Paul Hindemith was composed in 1936. A typical performance lasts 13 minutes. The shortest of his three piano sonatas, Hindemith thought of this sonata as a sonatina, and its writing is considered to be accessible even to amateurs. |
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| Suite '1922', op. 26 |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |
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| Variations for Piano |
This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963). |