- Paul Hindemith was born on November 16, 1895 in Hanau, Hesse, Germany. He was a composer and writer, known for Dr. M (1990), Notes of Love (1998) and Im Kampf mit dem Berge - 1. Teil: In Sturm und Eis - Eine Alpensymphonie in Bildern (1921). He was married to Gertrud Rottenberg. He died on December 28, 1963 in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany.
- SpouseGertrud Rottenberg(1924 - December 28, 1963) (his death)
- German composer. After his father's death in 1915, he brought money home to the family by playing in taverns and cinemas. He also performed as a solo violist or in various chamber music ensembles, organized music festivals in Donaueschingen and Baden-Baden (1923-1929), taught at the Hochschule für Musik, Berlin (1927-1938), Yale University (1940-1953) and Zürich University (1951-1956), and in 1953 began a new career as orchestral conductor. Emigrated to the USA in 1940 and became a US Citizen in 1946.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 271-272. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Although he refused to move back to Germany after World War II, a mortally ill Hindemith returned to his hometown of Frankfurt to die in December 1963.
- Considered the greatest German composer of his generation.
- He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe.
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