Paul Hindemith's Contribution to Music Theory in the United States

Abstract

In preparing this paper it occurred to me that it would be important to try to gain some perspective on Hindemith's status at the present time, both as a composer and as a music theorist, with the latter activity of course being more central to my topic. As I went through very recent newspaper files (with the assistance of my computer) I was struck by the number of citations of Hindemith's name that appeared in connection with interviews critics had held with a wide selection of American com-