Overview
Top Works
| Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16 | Based on | ||
| Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (ballet), Op.71 | Based on | 1816 | |
| Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann | Based on | ||
| Hindemith: Cardillac | Based on | 1819-1821 |
Biography
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann (commonly abbreviated as E. T. A. Hoffmann; born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann; 24 January 1776 – 25 June 1822) was a Prussian Romantic author of fantasy and Gothic horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffmann appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker is based. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.
Hoffmann's stories highly influenced 19th century literature, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement.
Musical
Vocal music
- Messa d-moll (1805)
- Trois Canzonettes à 2 et à 3 voix (1807)
- 6 Canzoni per 4 voci alla capella (1808)
- Miserere b-moll (1809)
- In des Irtisch weiße Fluten (Kotzebue), Lied (1811)
- Recitativo ed Aria „Prendi l’acciar ti rendo" (1812)
- Tre Canzonette italiane (1812); 6 Duettini italiani (1812)
- Nachtgesang, Türkische Musik, Jägerlied, Katzburschenlied für Männerchor (1819–21)
Works for stage
- Die Maske (Libretto: E. T. A. Hoffmann), Singspiel (1799)
- Die lustigen Musikanten (Libretto: Clemens Brentano), Singspiel (1804)
- Bühnenmusik zu Zacharias Werners Trauerspiel „Das Kreuz an der Ostsee" (1805)
- Liebe und Eifersucht (Calderón and August Wilhelm Schlegel) (1807)
- Arlequin, Ballettmusik (1808)
- Der Trank der Unsterblichkeit (Libretto: Julius von Soden), romantische Oper (1808)
- Wiedersehn! (Libretto: E. T. A. Hoffmann), Prolog (1809)
- Dirna (Libretto: Julius von Soden), Melodram (1809)
- Bühnenmusik zu Julius von Sodens Drama „Julius Sabinus" (1810)
- Saul, König von Israel (Libretto: Joseph von Seyfried), Melodram (1811)
- Aurora (Libretto: Franz von Holbein) heroische Oper (1812)
- Undine (Libretto: Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué), Zauberoper (1816)
- Der Liebhaber nach dem Tode (beginning only)
Instrumental
- Rondo für Klavier (1794/95)
- Ouvertura. Musica per la chiesa d-moll (1801)
- Klaviersonaten: A-Dur, f-moll, F-Dur, f-moll, cis-moll (1805–1808)
- Große Fantasie für Klavier (1806)
- Sinfonie Es-Dur (1806)
- Harfenquintett c-moll (1807)
- Grand Trio E-Dur (1809)
- Walzer zum Karolinentag (1812)
- Teutschlands Triumph in der Schlacht bei Leipzig, (by "Arnulph Vollweiler", 1814; lost)
- Serapions-Walzer (1818–1821)
Index： 6.3
Type： Person Male
Period： 1776.1.24 - 1822.6.25
Age： aged 46
Area ：Germany
Occupation ：Writer / Composer
Periods ：Romantic Music
