That piece is an example of his musicfor a purpose, or Gebrauchsmusik.
This composer wrote a series of sonatas for nearly every instrument of the orchestra, most ofwhich he could play, as well as a Symphony in B-flat for wind ensemble. He composed a suite for violaand orchestra for the English king George V, his Trauermusik. That piece is an example of his musicfor a purpose, or Gebrauchsmusik. He also created a choral piece setting Whitman's poem (*) "WhenLilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd," composed a series of Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes of CarlMaria von Weber, and wrote an opera based on the life of Matthias Grunewald. For 10 points, name thisearly to mid-20th century German composer of Mathis der Mahler.
This composer wrote a series of sonatas for nearly every instrument of the orchestra, most ofwhich he could play, as well as a Symphony in B-flat for wind ensemble.
Paul Hindemith