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Definition of Hindemith
1. Noun. German neoclassical composer and conductor who believed that music should have a social purpose (1895-1963).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hindemith
Literary usage of Hindemith
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"and to measure them you have got to listen to Hindemith. ... I heard Hindemith
play it. A composer has divine and human right to the best possible execution ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
""St. Francis," by Massine and Paul Hindemith, was added to the repertory in a
later engagement. Ballet Theatre, produced by the New Opera Company in ..."
3. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"... of Hindemith specially composed for the occasion by Sir William Walton, who
conducted the piece, the other works being conducted by Sir Adrian Boult. 9. ..."
4. Continental Stagecraft by Kenneth Macgowan, Robert Edmond Jones (1922)
"... composition by Paul Hindemith on a playlet by the arti author, Oskar Kokoschka,
was being played. This piece, produced at the City Opera House in Frai ..."
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