„Altes im neuen Werk“

Abstract

Leo Schrade and Paul Hindemith taught simultaneously at Yale University for over a decade. Both fled Nazi Germany in the late 1930s and shortly thereafter became faculty members at the newly-established Department of Music (Schrade), i.e. the School of Music (Hindemith), where their contributions impacted notably upon the institutes’ evolving prestige. However, in their joint leadership of the Collegium Musicum, differences soon arose with regard to pedagogical and performance issues. While Hindemith took for granted musicians’ theoretical training and their aim to realize music in sound, early music specialist and musicologist Schrade understood music as a historical phenomenon requiring interpretation. The following article examines these opposing points of view.