Andreas Hofer (c.1628-1684)
- Vesperae aus 'PSALMI BREVES | 5 Voces in Con |
5 Instrumenta | Con
Capella' (c.1670)
Performers: Monika Mauch (soprano); Tiina Zahn (mezzosoprano); Henning
Voss (alto); Henning Kaiser (tenor);
Wolf Matthias Friedrich (bass);
Bell'arte Salzburg; Annegret Siedel (conductor)
Further info: Musikalische Vesper
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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.
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