Meinrad Schütter (21 September 1910 – 12 January 2006) was a

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composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

. He studied with Willy Burkhard during

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and with

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith (; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advocate of the ''Ne ...

from 1950 to 1954. He wrote choral music, two masses, the opera ''Medea'', ballet music, a symphony and other orchestral works, many songs with piano or instrumental accompaniment, piano music, chamber music and one piano concerto.

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Meinrad Schütter websiteMeinrad Schütter at Musinfo
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