Andreas Hofer (c.1628-1684) - Vesperae a 5 Voces (c.1670)

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Composer: Andreas Hofer (c.1628-1684)
Work: Vesperae aus 'PSALMI BREVES | 5 Voces in Con | 5 Instrumenta | Con Capella' (c.1670)
Performers: Monika Mаuch (soprano); Tiina Zаhn (mezzosoprano); Henning Vοss (alto); Henning Kaisеr (tenor); Wolf Matthias Friеdrich (bass);
Bеll'arte Salzburg; Annegret Siеdеl (conductor)

Vesperae a 5 Voces (c.1670)
1. Dixit Dominus 0:00
2. Confitebor tibi 4:01
3. Beatus vir 9:11
4. Laudate pueri 13:45
5. Laudate Dominum 19:28
6. Magnificat 21:05

Painting: Northern School (17th century) after Jacques Callot - Ecce Homo
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Andreas Hofer [Hoffer]
(Reichenhall [now Bad Reichenhall], c.1628 - Salzburg, 25 February 1684)

Austrian organist and composer. He was born as the son of a judicial procurator in Reichenhall, on the Bavarian side of the border. From the fact that at his death in 1684 it was mentioned that he was 55 years of age, we can conclude that he was born in 1628 or 1629. He was educated at the Benedictine University in Salzburg. There he probably received music lessons from Abraham Megerle or the cathedral organist Marzellus Isslinger. He also studied theology and was ordained priest in 1653. His first musical position was that of organist at the Benedictine monastery of St Lambrecht near Murnau in Styria. In 1654 he was appointed vice-Kapellmeister at the court in Salzburg and in 1679 was promoted to Kapellmeister. From 1666 until his death he was also Kapellmeister at Salzburg Cathedral. As a composer, his output include 4 masses, 2 Magnificat settings, 2 Te Deum settings, 12 offertories, 5 Psalms and 3 litanies. His pieces for solo voice suggest the influence of Monteverdi and other Italian composers who cultivated monodic music, whereas some of his larger works reflect the so-called ‘colossal’ style, as seen in the Missa Salisburgensis by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber.