Word: maler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...complete contrast to this light-hearted parody was Hindemith's thorny Mathis der Maler, presented over the weekend in English by the B.U. Opera School. The costumes, lights, and staging were equal to and often above professional standards. The opera deals with Mathias Grunwald, the great 16th century painter and the place of the artist, or indeed of any man, in the world...
...great tidal wave of the orchestra, and, as the scenes go by, the music becomes more lyrical until at the end no one notices that the style is difficult and unfamiliar; the drama and the music have become a single experience in the listener's mind. Mathis der Maler is one of the most moving works of 20th century...
Mathus-Der-Maler, by Paul Hindemith, gets its first U.S. premier by the Boston University Opera Theatre at 264 Huntington Ave. Hindemith is pretty generally regarded by the U.S. Friday and Saturday, 8:30 p.m. Sunday...
Hindemrrh: Symphony in E Flat (Janssen Symphony Orchestra, Werner Janssen conducting; Columbia, 2 sides LP). Composed in 1940, this symphony does not add much to what its composer said earlier in Mathis der Maler (1934), or to the way he said it. Performance and recording: good...