Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- Sinfonie Es-Dur (c.1805)
Performers: Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie; Tamás Sulyok (1930-2020, conductor)
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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.
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