Rudolf Hindemith
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| Born | 9 January 1900 |
| Died | 7 October 1974 (aged 74) |
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| Spouse | Maria Landes-Hindemith |
Rudolf Hindemith, since 1951 officially Paul Quest, pseudonym Hans Lofer[1] (9 January 1900 – 7 October 1974) was a German cellist, composer and conductor. He was solo cellist of the Vienna State Opera, and played chamber music in the Amar Quartet. He stood often in the shadow of his famous brother Paul but was rediscovered in recent years as a composer of an opera, a piano concerto, chamber music and piano pieces.
Life
Born in
The Hindemith brothers played in the
After the Second World War, Hindemith led a restless life as a composer, conductor and also educator, using numerous pseudonyms to avoid being addressed as Hindemith.
Rudolf Hindemith died in isolation in 1974 in Neuperlach[1] near Munich at the age of 74. His gravestone was inscribed with the pseudonym "Hans Lofer".[2]
Work and rediscovery
In the 1990s, some of his students began to remember him more and more, even though he was considered a bizarre and sometimes cruel teacher. The musicologist Gerd Brill from the University of Münster has begun a biography.[2] A three-day Festival was held in Bremen in February 2001, presenting some of his piano pieces, chamber music[2] and the premiere of his Piano Concerto from the 1960s,[4] which he had entitled Suite for Piano and Orchestra. Soloist Kolja Lessing and the Bremer Philharmoniker conducted by George Alexander Albrecht played the original work in five movements.[2]
In 2005, the pianist Stephanie Timoschek dedicated her thesis at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz to him and especially his piano works, which include 6 Dances, 7 Sonatinas, 5 Pieces, 7 Preludes and Fugues, 13 School Fugues, 27 Two-Part School Fugues and a waltz from his opera Des Kaisers neue Kleider.[6]
Editor
In the late 1920s, Hindemith undertook a new edition of some of the cello concertos by Georg Goltermann.[7]
- Concerto I. A minor, Opus 14
- Concerto III. B minor, Opus 51
- Concerto IV. G major, Opus 65
- Concerto VI. D major, Opus 100
Recordings
The Amar Quartet with Rudolf Hindemith as the cellist can be heard on a CD published by Arbiter in 2011, including the premiere recording of Bartók's String Quartet No. 2.[8] The Dreyer-Gaido label released three CDs, entitled Rudolf Hindemith Edition, between 2003 and 2010.[9] In 2008, Stephanie Timoschek made a premiere recording of the complete piano works on 2 CDs for ORF.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Brill, Hans Gerd (2020). "Hindemith, Rudolf". MGG (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ neue musikzeitung(in German). Regensburg. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ ISBN 9783105608517.
- ^ a b Schalz-Laurenze, Ute (17 February 2001). "Klavierkonzert eines Radaubruders". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS)". lagis-hessen.de.
- ^ a b "Rudolf Hindemith: Das Klavierwerk – Stephanie Timoschek". ORF (in German). Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ Rudolf Hindemith Schott Music
- ^ "Hindemith as Interpreter: The Amar Hindemith String Quartet | Arbiter of Cultural Traditions".
- ^ "Rudolf Hindemith Edition Volume 3". www.dreyer-gaido.de.
External links
- Literature by and about Rudolf Hindemith in the German National Library catalogue
- Rudolf Hindemith discography at Discogs
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