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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Let children walk with Nature, let them see the beautiful blendings and communions of death and life, their joyous inseparable unity, as taught in woods and meadows, plains and mountains and streams of our blessed star, and they will learn that death is stingless indeed, and as beautiful as life. John Muir