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Book SynopsisPaul Hindemith (1895–1963) was one of the most influential musicians and composers of the twentieth century. His wide-ranging musical interests and prodigious gifts connected him to music as varied as neoclassicism, the avant garde, and chamber pieces for unusual groupings of instruments. The uncertainties of life under the Nazi regime led Hindemith to move to the United States in 1940. There, he taught at Yale University and composed celebrated works like
Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber.
Concentrating upon the composer''s first three US concert tours and his thirteen years at Yale, Luther Noss brings to life a observant, energetic, stubborn, and wry personality. Hindemith''s journals offer detailed commentary on his experiences at Tanglewood while Noss draws on archives to describe the composer''s groundbreaking Collegium concerts, classes, controversial plans to reorganize the School of Music, and other activities. Noss also delves into profe
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"Noss has thoroughly documented Hindemith's Yale period (1940-53)... The extensively quoted correspondence shows the witty and vividly humorous side of Hindemith's personality as he tries to adjust to musical standards of life in America." -- Howard Boatwright, pupil of Paul Hindemith, Professor Emeritus and former dean, Syracuse University
