#Hindemith ludus tonalis archive#
The first version of the fugue in B is reproduced as an appendix in SW (Sämtliche Werke). Ludus Tonalis by Paul Hindemith Käbi Laretei Philips (PHM 500-096) Publication date 1966 Topics Classical, Modern Digitizing sponsor Kahle-Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English Tracklist: 1. Paul Hindemith’s Ludus Tonalis Studies in Counterpoint, Tonal Organisation & Piano Playing is certainly another tour de force, composed while the composer was living in the United States after escaping Nazi persecution. (Another is Shostakovich’s Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues, which I also review on this site.
Praeludium and Postludium composed simultaneously. Hindemith, Ludus Tonalis (1942) Ludus tonalis, which contains interludes and fugues in all 24 keys, is one of the twentieth century’s principal responses to Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Hindemith illustrated a copy of the AMP edition for his wife for her birthday in 1950, a facsimile of which was published under the title Ludi leonum: ED 8200 (BSS 48208), 1994. The Schott edition utilizes the AMP plates, but replaces the English indications with Italian ones. Ludus Tonalis can be thought of as the most direct application of Hindemiths theory that the twelve tones of the equally tempered scale all relate to a.
The AMP and Wiener Urtext editions emplay Hindemith's own tempo and dynamic indications, which are largely in English. Ludus Tonalis is that great work of intellectual gymnastics which has been called a 20th-century composers reappraisal of Bachs Well-Tempered Clavier, but its twelve fugues and their interludes are notable equally for their emotion as for their (indisputable) logic.
Studies in Counterpoint, Tonal Organisation & Piano PlayingĢ5 pieces (1 prelude, 12 fugues, 11 interludes, 1 postlude)ġ943 - New York: Associated Music Publishers
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