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Symphony Mathis der Maler | |
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by Paul Hindemith | |
Related | Mathis der Maler (opera) |
Based on | paintings by Matthias Grünewald |
Composed | 1934 |
Performed | 12 March 1934 Berlin : |
Movements | three |
Symphony: Mathis der Maler (Matthias the Painter) is among the most famous orchestral works of German composer Paul Hindemith. Music from the symphony was incorporated into, or reworked for, Hindemith's opera Mathis der Maler, which concerns the painter Matthias Grünewald (or Neithardt).