Mathis der Maler

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Mathis der Maler is a 1930s opera by Paul Hindemith that portrays the life and moral struggles of the Renaissance painter Matthias Grünewald against the backdrop of the German Peasants' War.

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Mathis der Maler canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
acts 3 ⓘ
basedOn life of Matthias Grünewald ⓘ
catalogueNumber Hindemith WWV 7 (commonly referenced without opus number) ⓘ
censorshipStatusInNaziGermany banned ⓘ
character Cardinal Albrecht von Brandenburg ⓘ
Hans Schwalb ⓘ
Lorenz von Pommersfelden ⓘ
Mathis ⓘ
Regina ⓘ
Ursula ⓘ
composer Paul Hindemith ⓘ
compositionPeriod 1933-1935 ⓘ
conductorAtPremiere Robert Denzler ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
depictsEvent German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
firstGermanPerformanceDate 1946 ⓘ
firstGermanPerformanceLocation Stuttgart ⓘ
genre 20th-century opera ⓘ
opera ⓘ
historicalContext Reformation era in Germany ⓘ
inspiredBy Isenheim Altarpiece ⓘ
language German ⓘ
librettist Paul Hindemith ⓘ
mainCharacter Matthias Grünewald ⓘ
notableRecording Rafael Kubelík – Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (1960s) ⓘ
Wolfgang Sawallisch – Bavarian State Opera (1980s) ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage German ⓘ
politicalReception considered politically suspect by Nazi regime ⓘ
portrays inner conflict of an artist during social upheaval ⓘ
premiereDate 1938-05-28 ⓘ
premiereLocation Zürich ⓘ
linked to: Zurich
premiereTheatre Stadttheater Zürich ⓘ
publisher Schott Music ⓘ
relatedWork Mathis der Maler Symphony ⓘ
settingPeriod German Peasants' War ⓘ
linked to: Peasants’ War
sharesMaterialWith Mathis der Maler Symphony ⓘ
structure 7 scenes ⓘ
style modernist ⓘ
neo-classical ⓘ
subject Matthias Grünewald ⓘ
theme artist and society ⓘ
moral conflict ⓘ
political responsibility of the artist ⓘ
religious conflict ⓘ
timeOfSetting early 16th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paul Hindemith → notableWork → Mathis der Maler ⓘ
Symphony: Mathis der Maler → title → Mathis der Maler ⓘ
Violin Concerto → relatedWorkByComposer → Mathis der Maler ⓘ
Sonata for Oboe and Piano → isByComposerOf → Mathis der Maler ⓘ