Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822)
- MISERERE (b-moll) | posto in Musica (1809), AllH 42
Performers: Krisztina Laki (soprano); Gwendolyn Killebrew (alto); Aldo
Baldin (tenor); Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass); Kölner Rundfunkchor; Kölner
Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester; Roland Bader (conductor)
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German writer, composer, and jurist. After studying law and serving as a
legal assessor in Poznan, he pursued formal musical training under the
organist Christian Podbielski. His professional career in music included
tenures as music director at the Bamberg theater and opera conductor in
Leipzig and Dresden (1813-14) before he permanently relocated to Berlin
in 1814. Utilizing the pseudonym Kapellmeister Johannes Kreisler, he
contributed a series of influential essays to the Allgemeine
Musikalische Zeitung, which were subsequently compiled in the collection
Phantasiestücke in Callot’s Manier (1814). Hoffmann's literary output,
characterized by the use of the fantastic, exerted a profound influence
on the Romantic school of literature and indirectly shaped the evolution
of German musical composition. As a composer, his catalog includes
several operas, the ballet Harlekin, a symphony, and various chamber
works, including a piano trio and four piano sonatas; while historically
neglected, these works are noted for their technical originality.
Furthermore, he was an accomplished artist known for his sketches and
caricatures, as well as a music critic whose analytical reviews provided
a rigorous theoretical framework for Romantic aesthetics. His
multidisciplinary contributions significantly impacted subsequent
generations of European artists, writers, and musicians.
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