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 NERFINISHED
composer Paul Hindemith NERFINISHED
compositionYear 1935
countryOfOrigin Germany
dedicatedTo Lionel Tertis NERFINISHED
era interwar period
firstPublisherCity Mainz NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1935-11-14
premiereLocation Amsterdam NERFINISHED
premiereOrchestra Concertgebouw Orchestra NERFINISHED
premiereSoloist Paul Hindemith NERFINISHED
publisher Schott Music NERFINISHED
scoring orchestra
solo viola
structure three movements
style modernist
subjectOf musicological studies
titleTranslation The Swan Turner NERFINISHED
tonalLanguage extended tonality
typicalDuration approximately 25 minutes
uses folk song material

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Paul Hindemith notableWork Der Schwanendreher