Paul Hermann
1902 - 1944
For a full biography and a complete list of works with links to scores and recordings, visit www.forbiddenmusicregained.org
Paul Hermann’s chamber music was recorded on CD with Et’cetera Records in 2017.
Cellist and composer Paul Hermann steered into a new direction, several times during his life, to escape from the claws of anti-Semitism. As a young musician, there was no future for him in Hungary and he set off to Berlin. But in 1933, life in the dynamic metropolis became increasingly difficult. He performed as long as he could throughout Europe, with his own music and works by his teachers Kodály and Bartók. Ultimately, in Toulouse, the Hitler's long arm caught him.
Paul (Pál) Hermann was born on March 27, 1902, in a well-to-do neighborhood in Buda. The amusing story goes that young Paul only would practice the piano if he received a penny for each etude he played. It is unknown who gave him his first cello lessons, but at the age of thirteen he attended the Franz Liszt Academy. He became friends with violinist … Continue
Selected works
Grand Duo 1929-30 violin and cello
Strijktrio 1921 violin, viola and cello
Toccata 1936 piano
Drie liederen 1934-39 voice and piano, words by Valéry and Rimbaud
For a complete list of works by Paul Hermann visit our website Forbidden Music Regained.
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