Paul was born in the German town of Hanau in 1895, on December Sixteen. We might
assume that Hindemith felt a pull in the musical direction from a very early age; Paul's father was
a painter and did not want his son becoming a musician, so our little composer-to-be ran away at
the age of 11, and started his own life. Paul taught himself the violin and viola, and began earning
his living by playing at Cafes and other such establishments. Eventually, Hindemith learned the
rudiments of all the instruments that mattered, so he could play them at least passably-- but he
was surely a virtuoso at his viola and viola d'amore.
Eventually, Hindemith ended up at the Frankfurt Conservatory, where he studied his music
performance under the tutelage of people like Arnold Mendelssohn. While there, Hindemith
showed increasing interest in the field of composition-- he began writing in earnest around the
time he completed his courses at the Conservatory, and began establishing himself in......

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