Carl Julius Adolph Hugo Hoffmann

Carl Julius Adolph Hugo Hoffmann (* 16th February 1801 in Ratibor ; † 24. July 1843 in Opole , province of Silesia ) was a German composer  of classical music from Silesia . In addition to his numerous compositions, his biographical lexicon Die Tonkünstler Schlesiens became his most important work. He earned his living as a choir director and singing teacher in Opole.

Life

childhood

C. J. A. H. Hoffmann was the son of Franz Hoffmann (1767-1823), who worked as a teacher at the Catholic city school and cantor in Ratibor . He also received his first musical education from him. At the age of eleven he began to compose, mostly pieces of spiritual content, some of which were performed in the local parish church.

Education

In 1815 he came to the Catholic Michaelis Konvikt in Breslau and attended the Matthias Gymnasium , where Bernhard Hahn was a music teacher. In 1819 Hoffmann became prefect of chorals. In 1821 he began studying philology and church music a. a. with Joseph Ignaz Schnabel and Friedrich Wilhelm Berner . He also learned the methods of scientific work. He also took part in the Wroclaw Winter Concerts. In 1822 Hoffmann founded an academic music association, which he led until 1927. The income from the performances in the Aula Leopoldina benefited the student health insurance.

to travel

In 1823 Hoffmann went on a musical journey through Germany. He got to know Johann Gottlob Schneider in Görlitz , Karl Maria von Weber in Dresden , Heinrich August Matthäi in Leipzig and Louis Spohr in Kassel . Two years later he traveled to the Rhineland , where he also visited his compatriot, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Guhr in Frankfurt am Main and attended the great music festival in Aachen . Together with his teacher, JI Schnabel , he traveled to Dresden in 1826 and made the acquaintance of Francesco Morlacchi and other well-known personalities in the music world of that time.

Act

In 1827 Hoffmann followed the call of the Count of Reichenbach to Goschütz , where he was to lead his private orchestra. But when the well-known high school singing teacher Franz Luge died in Opole in 1828, he tried to succeed him. In 1830 he was appointed choirmaster at the main Catholic church in Opole. In order to train talented young singers, he founded a private institute for future cantors and organists in Opole, whose statutes Hoffmann had printed in 1830. Until his untimely death he worked in Opole as a composer, singing teacher, choir director, conductor of the winter concerts and music writer. He also contributed the music for most of the songs in the Catholic hymn book for the Opole region (edition 1829/30). He usually signed his works with the abbreviation "CJAH Hoffmann".

Works

Fonts

• Frank remarks by a virtuoso and memories from my musical wandering life. In: Schlesische Blätter. Born 1828-29.
• The Musicians of Silesia: a contribution to the art history of Silesia from the years 960 to 1830 ... . Aderholz, Breslau 1830 ( archive.org ).
• Collection of four-part chants at public services in Catholic high schools. In: Schlesische Blätter. Born 1830–31.
• The musical rite in the Catholic Church of Silesia. In: Journal of Catholic Theology. 1832
• Music lessons in higher education institutions with particular reference to the Silesian grammar schools. In: Schlesische Provinzialblätter. Aug., Sept., Oct. 1832.
• News about music in Opole. In: Eutonia. 1/1829 201 f., 2/1829 163 f., 8/1833 p. 233 ff.
• Singing Teaching - A Guide for City Schools and High Schools. In: Schlesische Provinzialblätter. August 1834.

Compositions

• 5 fairs
• 25 hymns
• 8 offers
• 8 cantatas
• 2 motets
• 7 psalms
• 1 Vespers
• 1 litany
• 1 set of stations for Corpus Christi stations
• 37 songs with piano accompaniment
• 2 choral collections
• 8 funerary chants accompanied by wind instruments
• 1 overture
• 10 large choirs
• 22 four-part male chants
• 3 operettas
• 1 melodrama
• 1 ballet for orchestra
• 2 piano sonatas
• 4 sets of piano variations
• 4 marches for Janissary music
• 1 ballad
• Big scene and duo for alto and bass
• 4 great arias with orchestral accompaniment
• 3 choirs for bachelorette parties
• 4 four-part songs without accompaniment
• 3 concerts for horn
• 1 concert for pianoforte
• Answer to Beethoven's waltz of longing
• Song on the grave of a young man who has studied
• 4 minnesongs from the times of minstrels
• 3 songs by Albert Graf von Schlippenbach for a voice with accompaniment of the pianoforte
• 2 large polonaises for piano
• 4 polonaises for large orchestra

literature

• Gustav Schilling: Das Musikalisches Europa, or collection of consistently authentic life news about excellent musicians, music scholars, composers, virtuosos, singers & c. Now living in Europe. & c. Neidhard, Speyer 1842, p. 170 f. ( Digitized in the Google book search).
• Bernhard Friedrich Voigt (Ed.): New Nekrolog der Deutschen . Vol. 21/2, Weimar 1845, pp. 677-680 ( digitized ).
• Rudolf Walter in: Lothar Hoffmann-Erbrecht (Hrsg.): Schlesisches Musiklexikon . Wißner, Augsburg 2001, ISBN 3-89639-242-5 , pp. 294-295.