List of compositions by Paul Hindemith explained

This is a list of the works of the German composer Paul Hindemith (1895–1963).

Operas

See main article: List of operas by Paul Hindemith.

• Mörder, Hoffnung der Frauen, in one act, on a libretto by Oskar Kokoschka (1919; premiered 1921)
• Das Nusch-Nuschi, in one act, on a libretto by Franz Blei (1920; premiered 1921)
• Sancta Susanna, in one act, on a libretto by August Stramm (1921; premiered 1922)
• Cardillac, in three acts, on a libretto by Ferdinand Lion after E. T. A. Hoffmann's Das Fräulein von Scuderi (premiered 1926; revised version premiered 1952)
• Hin und zurück, an operatic 'sketch' in one scene, on a libretto by Marcellus Schiffer (premiered 1927)
• Neues vom Tage, a comic opera (Lustige Oper), on a libretto by Marcellus Schiffer (premiered 1929; revised version premiered 1954)
• Lehrstück, music to a Lehrstück in seven scenes by Bertolt Brecht (premiered 1929)
• Wir bauen eine Stadt, a Schuloper, on a libretto by Robert Seitz (premiered 1930)
• Mathis der Maler, in 7 scenes, on a libretto by the composer (1935; premiered 1938)
• Die Harmonie der Welt, in 5 acts, on a libretto by the composer (1957; premiered 1957)
• The Long Christmas Dinner, in one act, on a libretto by Thornton Wilder (premiered 1961)

Oratorio

• Das Unaufhörliche (1931)
• When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

(A Requiem for those we love), for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on the poem by Walt Whitman (1946)

Ballets

• Der Dämon, Op. 28 (1922)
• Triadisches Ballett, with Oskar Schlemmer (1923)
• Nobilissima Visione, with Léonide Massine (1938)
• The Four Temperaments (scored for piano and strings) (1940)
• Hérodiade, with Martha Graham (1944)

Vocal

• Lustige Lieder in Aargauer Mundart (Merry Songs in the Aargau Dialect), Op. 5, for high voice and piano (1914–16)
• Drei Gesänge, Op. 9, for soprano and large orchestra (1917)
• Melancholie, Op. 13, 4 lieder for mezzo-soprano and string quartet, based on poems by Christian Morgenstern (1919)
• Hymns by Walt Whitman (3), for baritone and piano, Op. 14 (1919)
• Acht Gesänge, Op. 18, for soprano voice and piano (1920)
• Des Todes Tod, Op. 23a, three songs, based on poems by Eduard Reinacher, for voice, 2 violas and 2 violoncellos (1922)
• Die junge Magd, Op. 23b, six poems by Georg Trakl, for voice, flute, clarinet and string quartet (1922)
• Tuttifäntchen, (Christmas Fairytale with singing and dancing in three scenes)
• Das Marienleben, Op. 27, song cycle for soprano and piano, based on poems by Rainer Maria Rilke, which exists in two versions. (There is also an orchestration by the composer of six of the songs from the cycle, for soprano and orchestra) (1923/48)
• Sing und Spielmusiken für Liebhaber und Musikfreunde, Op. 45 (1928/29)
  1. "Frau Musika", lyrics by Martin Luther
  2. 8 canons for voices with instruments
  3. "Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz", for strings and woodwinds
  4. "Kleine Klaviermusik", easy pentatonic pieces
  5. "Martinslied", soloist or unison choir
• Hin und zurück, Op. 45a, sketch with music, lyrics: Marcellus Schiffer, (1927)
• Six Chansons, 6 pieces for a cappella choir, settings of French poetry by Rainer Maria Rilke (1939)
  1. "La biche"
  2. "Un cygne"
  3. "Puisque tout passe"
  4. "Printemps"
  5. "En hiver"
  6. "Verger"
• Nine English Songs (1942–43, publ. 1945)
• Apparebit repentina dies, cantata in four movements for mixed choir (SATB) and brass ensemble (4 horns (F), 2 trumpets (B♭), 3 trombones, tuba), (1947)
• Ite, angeli veloces, cantata (1955)
• 12 Fünfstimmige Madrigale for mixed chorus (1958)
• Angelus Domini apparuit, motet for soprano or tenor and piano (1958)
• Mass for mixed chorus (1963)
• ″Die Serenaden″, Op.35 (1924) for soprano voice, oboe, viola, and cello

Solo piano

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Solo organ

• Two Pieces for Organ (1918)
• Organ Sonata No. 1 (1937)
• Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937)
• Organ Sonata No. 3 (on ancient folk songs) (1940)

Other

• Soundtrack for Hans Richter's 1928 avant-garde film Ghosts Before Breakfast (Vormittagsspuk), subsequently lost.^[2]

References

• Skelton, Geoffrey (1992), "Hindemith, Paul" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London)

External links

• Catalogue of works, Hindemith Foundation

Notes and References

1. Maurice Hinson, Guide to the Pianist's Repertoire, 3rd ed.
2. Book: Wilke, Tobias. Medien der Unmittelbarkeit. 2010. Wilhelm Fink. Munich. 978-3-7705-4923-8. 63. de.