Upcoming Performances & Anniversaries
Paul Hindemith
born: 11/16/1895
died: 12/28/1963
nationality: Germany
Upcoming:
Sonata in Eb Major
09/07/2008 | Burg Wissem - Troisdorf - Germany
Der Schwanendreher
09/08/2008 | Prinzregententheater - München - Germany
Chronology
1895
Born on 16 Nov. in Hanau
1902-05
Received musical instruction in Mühlheim am Main from his father and Eugen Reinhardt
1907
Violin pupil of Anna Hegner in Frankfurt/Main
1908
Violin pupil of Adolf Rebner
Beginning in winter semester of 1908, studies at Dr. Hoch´s Conservatory in Frankfurt
Beginning in winter semester of 1908, studies at Dr. Hoch´s Conservatory in Frankfurt
1910
Performance together with his sister Toni (born 1898) and his brother Rudolf (born 1900) as "Frankfurt Children´s Trio"
1912
Composition pupil of Arnold Mendelssohn; 1913 Composition instruction given by Bernhard Sekles
1914
Member or the Rebner Quartet, first as violinist, later on the viola
1915
Publically performs Beethoven´s violin concerto. First solo violinist of Opera house Orchestra in Frankfurt; father dies in battle in Flanders
1918
Regimental musician in Alsace and Flanders
1921
2 June: Composition evening in Frankfurt; Schott takes over the publication of Hindemith´s works
1921
First performance of Quartet Opus 16 during the "Donaueschinger Chamber Music Performances for the Advancement of Contemporary Art und Music". Scandal upon the performance of the one-act opera Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen and the play Das Nusch-Nuschi under the direction of Fritz Busch in Stuttgart
1922
The founding of the Amar Quartet with Hindemith on the viola
1923
Resigns position as first solo violinist in Frankfurt; under contract with Schott. Member of the Programme Committee of the Donaueschingen Chamber Music Days. Begin of extensive concert tours with the Amar Quartet throughout Europe
1924
Hindemith marries Gertrud Rottenberg
1927
Appointment to the College of Music (Hochschule für Musik) in Berlin
1933
Being attributes to "cultural Bolshevism" Hindemith music is banned from concert programmes in Germany
1934
12 March: First performance of the symphony Mathis der Maler conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler;
November: Furtwängler puplishes an article entitled The Case of Hindemith to which Goebbels responds in a speech at the Berlin Portpalast
November: Furtwängler puplishes an article entitled The Case of Hindemith to which Goebbels responds in a speech at the Berlin Portpalast
1935
Hindemith takes extended leave from the State College of Music Berliny
April/May: First tour of Turkey
April/May: First tour of Turkey
1936
March/May: Second tour of Turkey; Performances in Germany forbidden
1937
February and September: Third and fourth tour of Turkey;
March-April:First tour of the U.S.A.(East Coast)
March-April:First tour of the U.S.A.(East Coast)
1938
February-April: Second tour of the U.S.A.;
September: Emigration to Switzerland
September: Emigration to Switzerland
1939
Third tour of U.S.A.
1940
February: Emigration to the U.S.A.; appointed to Yale University in New Haven
1941
Instructs summer course at the Berkshire Festival (Tanglewood) on music of the Middle Ages
1945-53
Concert of the Collegium Musicum of Yale University playing pieces by composers from Perotinus to Bach
1946
Hindemith becomes an American citizen
1947
April-September: First trip to Europe since Emigration;
reunion with mother and meeting with Schott publishers Ludwig and Willy Strecker
reunion with mother and meeting with Schott publishers Ludwig and Willy Strecker
1948-49
August-March: Second trip to Europe
1949-50
Lectures as Professor of Poetry at Harvard University
1949
January-February: Lecture tour through Germany by appointment of the American Military Occupation Government;
granted honorary degree from Frankfurt University
granted honorary degree from Frankfurt University
1950
September: Gives speech on Bach in Hamburg (Johann Sebastian Bach. ein vepflichtendes Erbe);
Receives honorary degree from the Free University of Berlin
Receives honorary degree from the Free University of Berlin
1951-53
Teaching assignments in Zurich and Yale concurrently
1951
Recipient of Bach Prize of the City of Hamburg;
Appointment to the University of Zürich (Switzerland) as professor of music theory, composition and music education
Appointment to the University of Zürich (Switzerland) as professor of music theory, composition and music education
1952
Member of the order Pour le mérite
1953-63
Frequent concert tours as conductor
1953
Hindemith takes up residence in Blonay, Switzerland, on Lake Geneva
1954
July-November: South American tour;
granted honorary degree by Oxford University
granted honorary degree by Oxford University
1955
Sibelius Prize
1956
April/May: Tour of Japan with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
1957
Hindemith resigns teaching positioin in Zurich
1958
Arts Award of North Rhine Westphalia
1963
June: Lecture Sterbende Gewässer at the yearly meeting of the order Pour le mérite in Bonn;
Balzan Prize;
Hindemith dies on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt/Main
Balzan Prize;
Hindemith dies on 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt/Main
