Der Schwanendreher

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Der Schwanendreher is a viola concerto by Paul Hindemith that reworks German folk songs into a modern, neoclassical concert piece.

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instanceOf musical composition ⓘ
viola concerto ⓘ
basedOn German folk songs ⓘ
catalogNumber W. 50 ⓘ
composer Paul Hindemith ⓘ
compositionYear 1935 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
dedicatedTo Lionel Tertis ⓘ
era interwar period ⓘ
firstPublisherCity Mainz ⓘ
form concerto ⓘ
genre neoclassical music ⓘ
hasEdition orchestral parts ⓘ
study score ⓘ
viola solo part ⓘ
hasRecording multiple commercial recordings ⓘ
influencedBy German folk tradition ⓘ
instrumentation solo viola and orchestra ⓘ
key nominally in C major ⓘ
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
movement I. Zwischen Berg und tiefem Tal ⓘ
II. Nun laube, Lindlein laube ⓘ
III. Seid ihr nicht der Schwanendreher ⓘ
notableFeature concerto without a traditional cadenza ⓘ
integrates folk melodies into symphonic texture ⓘ
orchestration reduced romantic orchestra ⓘ
partOf Hindemith’s works for viola ⓘ
period 20th-century classical music ⓘ
premiereConductor Willem Mengelberg ⓘ
premiereDate 1935-11-14 ⓘ
premiereLocation Amsterdam ⓘ
premiereOrchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra ⓘ
premiereSoloist Paul Hindemith ⓘ
publisher Schott Music ⓘ
scoring orchestra ⓘ
solo viola ⓘ
structure three movements ⓘ
style modernist ⓘ
subjectOf musicological studies ⓘ
titleTranslation The Swan Turner ⓘ
tonalLanguage extended tonality ⓘ
typicalDuration approximately 25 minutes ⓘ
uses folk song material ⓘ

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