Franz Hoffmann (composer)

Franz Hoffmann (born January 6, 1872 in Pilsen ; † 1946 ) was an Austrian military bandmaster and composer .

Life

Franz Hoffmann received his first music lessons on the violin at the age of eight . After attending secondary school, he joined the military music of the 34th Infantry Regiment and was also drum major there . From 1895 he studied at the Vienna Conservatory before he worked as a musician with Infantry Regiment No. 68 and the 3rd Käiserjäger Regiment . From 1901 to 1918 Hoffmann was Kapellmeister of the Military Music of the Hungarian Infantry Regiment No. 5 in Erlau .

Works

Hoffmann probably created over 160 compositions, of which only a small part is known today. In the interwar period he was in contact with Johann Kliment, whose music publishing house published some of his works.

• Causerie op. 36
• Forest Magic , Idylle for two solo flugelhorns , Op. 126
• Fekete , March for Military Music op.136
• Trybuchovce , March op.137
• The last peal , funeral march op.156
• Farewell , Funeral March op.157
• With joyful courage , March op.160
• Romanian dance op. 161a
• Hungarian dance op.161b
• For the little ones op.178
• Wild west , symphonic interlude
• Always lively , march (also known as the 5th regimental march )
• Klobučar March
• The city of songs for zither
• In good time for zither

Recordings (selection)

• The big Hoch- und Deutschmeister album (Intercord, 28 993-4 Z), original Hoch- und Deutschmeister , Julius Herrmann (conductor) - always lively

literature

• Wolfgang Suppan , Armin Suppan : The brass music lexicon . 5th edition. HeBu-Musikverlag, Kraichtal 2010, ISBN 978-3-9806925-9-5 , p. 357 .
• William H. Rehrig: The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. Composers and Their Music . Ed .: Paul E. Bierley. Volume 1: A – N. Integrity Press, Westerville, Ohio 1991, ISBN 0-918048-08-7 , pp. 345 .
• Elisabeth Anzenberger-Ramminger, Friedrich Anzenberger , Walter Schwanzer : Marches of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from Achleitner to Ziehrer . Walter Schwanzer Musikverlage, Rohrendorf 2004, ISBN 978-3-200-00116-9 , p. 51 .

Web links

• Franz Hoffmann at Discogs (English)
• Franz Hoffmann at Allmusic (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Hofmeister's musical-literary monthly report . 103rd volume, number 1. Friedrich Hofmeister, Leipzig January 1931, p. 127 ( archive.org ).