Sound · Original Music Composer · Music
Born Nov 16, 1895 · Hanau, Hesse, Germany
Active 1921–1963 · Awards: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Bach Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Balzan Prize, Wihuri Sibelius Prize, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Berliner Kunstpreis, Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin, honorary doctorate of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt
Paul Hindemith was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist, and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe.