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: Judіth Schmіdt (soprano); Vеrеna Schwеіzеr (soprano); Thomas Schulzе (tenor); KIaus Lang (bass); RSO BerIin; Lothar Zagrosеk (conductor)

Drawing: Ernest Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (1776-1822) - Feyerliche Leichenbestattung der Universal-Monarchie (1814)
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Ernst Theodor Amadeus (E. T. A.) Hoffmann [Hôffman, Gofman, Chofman, Hofuman et al.]
(Königsberg [now Kaliningrad], 24 January 1776 - Berlin, 25 June 1822)

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.