Paul Hindemith

German-american composer.

Born November 16th, 1895 in Hanau. [ref]

Died December 28th, 1963 at 68 years old in Frankfurt am Main (acute pancreatitis). [ref]

Occupations
classical composer, composer, concertmaster, conductor, film score composer, librettist, music teacher, music theorist, musician, musicologist, professor of music composition, teacher, university teacher, viola d'amore player, violinist, violist
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche