Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction
by Eric Salzman
Period: Early 20th
Century
Born: Saturday, November 16, 1895 in Hanau,
Germany
Died: Saturday, December 28, 1963 in Frankfurt,
Germany
Nation of Origin: Germany
Major Works:
Orchestral Works:
Mathis der Maler (Mathias the Painter)
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von
Weber
Other Information:
Hindemith was a proponent of Gebrauchsmusik, a German word meaning
"utility music". Gebrauchsmusik is intended to have a social or
educational purpose rather than existing merely for its own sake.
Weill, Krenek, and other composers were also proponents of this
movement in the 1920s which was influenced by the poet Brecht.
General Bibliography:
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of
Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN:
0198691629
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove
Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc.,
January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors,
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group,
December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900,
Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186
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