🇩🇪Paul Hindemith ： Suite 1922 Boston Op.26-4

The fourth movement of Hindemith’s Suite 1922, “Boston,” is a miniature that portrays dance gestures through a sharp harmonic language and a dry piano sonority. Repeated and contrasting short phrases, together with displaced accents, create tension and give the movement a distinctive presence within the suite. Even in lyrical passages, the melody should not become overly sentimental; it is important to keep the inner voices and bass clearly defined. By focusing on rhythmic precision and the balance between voices, while avoiding exaggerated dynamic contrasts, the interest of the concise writing comes to the fore.