Wir bauen eine Stadt (Hindemith, Paul)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 movements (piano suite)
Composition Year	1930 (March) in Berlin (full score) 1930/31 (piano suite)
Genre Categories	Theatrical Works; Suites; For voices, percussion; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring percussion soloists; For voices with solo instruments; German language; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 Suite (1931)
    - 2.2.1.1 For Piano solo (Hindemith)
3 General Information

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Scores

Complete Score (CA)
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Publisher. Info.	Mainz: Schott, No.5424, 1968. Plate 41937.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Suite (1931)

For Piano solo (Hindemith)

Complete Score (CA)
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Publisher. Info.	Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne, No.2200, 1931 (renewed 1959). Plate 32878.
Copyright	Public Domain - Non-PD US, Non-PD EU [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Text by Robert Seitz (1891-1938) on pages 10-11
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General Information

Work Title	Wir bauen eine Stadt: Children's play, for voices, melody instruments and percussion
Alternative. Title	"Spiel für Kinder"; Klavierstücke für Kinder von Paul Hindemith
Composer	Hindemith, Paul
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IPH 183
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	6 movements (piano suite): Marsch Lied: Wir bauen eine neue Stadt Musikstück: Man zeigt neu ankommenden Leuten die Stadt Lied: Ich bin ein Schaffner Man spielt "Besuch" Die Diebe kommen in der Nacht
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1930 (March) in Berlin (full score) 1930/31 (piano suite)
First Performance.	1930/06/21 in Berlin, im Rahmen der Festspiele „Neue Musik Berlin 1930“ Kinder aus Berlin Schulen, Festspiele ensemble, Alexander Curth (conductor)
First Publication.	1930 (full score) 1931 (piano suite)
Librettist	Robert Seitz (1891–1938)
Language	German
Dedication	Für Olga Streicher
Average DurationAvg. Duration	10-25 minutes (complete) 5 minutes (piano suite)
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Modern
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	voices (high, medium, low), melody instruments, percussion (complete) tambourine/triangle, wood block drum, bass drum, other easy-to-use drums piano (piano suite)
External Links	Hindemith Foundation Hindemith Foundation (piano suite)
Extra Information	Hindemith arranged six pieces for for easy piano in 1930 or 1931 (See Piano Suite above). According to Else Thalheimer-Lewertoff, Hindemith subsequently composed an interlude for the two composed an interlude for a two-act performance of the work (with new text by S.B. Lewertoff, resetting the work in Palestine) by the Jüdischer Kulturbund in Cologne in the mid-1930s. - Paul Hindemith: A Research and Information Guide