Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) - Die lustigen Musikanten (1805)

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Composer: Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
Work: Die lustigen Musikanten (1805) (extracts)
Performers: Judith Schmidt (soprano); Verena Schweizer (soprano); Thomas Schulze (tenor); KIaus Lang (bass); RSO BerIin; Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)

Drawing: Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) - Feyerliche Leichenbestattung der Universal-Monarchie (1814)
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E(rnst) T(heodor) A(madeus) (Ernst Theodor Willhelm) Hoffmann
(Königsberg [now Kaliningrad], 24 January 1776 - Berlin, 25 June 1822)

German writer and composer. His fantastic tales epitomize the Romantic fascination with the supernatural and the expressively distorted or exaggerated. As a critic, he placed his sharp mind at the service of a consistent (if partial) view of Romanticism and wrote vivid and forceful reviews of the music of his time. His work as a composer, which he himself regarded highly, has been neglected but shows a certain verve and originality. He was also a gifted artist, the author of some excellent sketches and caricatures. His personality and talents lent a distinctive, if somewhat lurid, hue to Romanticism and influenced several generations of artists, writers and composers. He was a student of law, and served as assessor at Poznan; also studied music with the organist Christian Podbielski (1741-1792). He acquired considerable proficiency in music; served as music director at the theater in Bamberg; then conducted opera performances in Leipzig and Dresden (1813-14). In 1814 he settled in Berlin, where he remained. He used the pen-name of Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler (subsequently made famous in Schumann's Kreisleriana) ; his series of articles in the 'Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung' under that name were reprinted as Phantasiestiicke in Callot's Manier (1814). As a writer of fantastic tales, he made a profound impression on his period, and influenced the entire Romantic school of literature; indirectly, he was also a formative factor in the evolution of the German school of composition. As a composer he wrote a number of operas, a ballet, 'Harlekin', some sacred works, a symphony, a piano trio, 4 piano sonatas and other chamber works. #ClassicalMusic