Giovanni Hoffmann

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Giovanni Hoffmann , also Johann Hoffmann (* around 1770, † 1814, according to other sources possibly in Vienna in 1840 ) was an Austrian mandolinist and composer.

life and work

Almost nothing is known about his life. His year of birth is often set around 1770, on the other hand, some authors date his works for stylistic reasons as early as the 1770s to the 1780s. Marga Wilden-Hüsgen speaks in a CD booklet without specifying sources of an origin in Milan . Some music dictionaries use the first name "Johann", but there is apparently no evidence that this form of name is authentic. All references to his work come from Vienna.

Two collections of his duets appeared in print in 1799 under the name "Giovanni Hoffmann" by the music publisher Johann Träger in Vienna. Furthermore, in his publisher's catalog for 1804, Träger offered Hoffmann's Mandolin Concerto, which apparently did not appear in print but was offered as a manuscript. Reprints published by Artaria . Further compositions are preserved as manuscripts in the archive of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna . He composed for the six-course soprano lute in a third-fourth tuning, which is now known as the “baroque mandolin”. His works require a high level of technical skill and suggest that he may have been an outstanding instrumentalist. His works were rediscovered in the 20th century, recorded on sound carriers from the 1950s and a. Re-edited by Vinzenz Hladky, Siegfried Behrend , Marga Wilden-Hüsgen and Joachim Trekel. Although the new editions so far only include his works for the mandolin as a solo instrument, chamber music works without mandolin as well as individual sacred choral works are also assigned to him in the Répertoire International des Sources Musicales (RISM). The question of whether all these works really come from him or were ascribed to them because of a confusion of names is left to future research.

Works

concert
  • Concerto Re maggiore a Mandolino Principale, Due Violini, Viola, Oboe, Corni e Basso
Quartets
  • Quartetto (Re maggiore) [/ D major]: per mandolino, violino, vla e basso
  • Quartetto (La maggiori [/ A major]): per mandolino, violino, vla e basso
  • Quartetto (Fa maggiori [/ F major]): per mandolino, violino, vla e basso
  • Quartetto (fa maggiore) per mandolini, mandola, chitarra e basso
Trios
  • 4 Divertimenti a Mandolino, Violino e Basso [in C, G, C, D]
  • Cassazione in G a Mandolino Primo, Mandolino Secondo, e Violoncelle
Duets
  • Tre duetti [F, G, D] per il mandolino e violino op. 1 RISM A / I: H 6249
  • Tre duetti per il mandolino e violino op.2 (lost)
  • Duetto III per il mandolino e violino e due mandolini
  • Serenata in D major for mandolin and viola
Sonatas
  • 2 Sonata a Due Mandolini
  • 3 Sonata a Mandolino e Basso
  • Sonata in re minore a mandolino e chitarra
Chamber music without a mandolin
Choral works

(Attribution doubtful)

Recordings / sound carriers

  • Giovanni Hoffman - Mandolin Concerto in D Major / Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Harp Concerto in A Major. Urania 7110, 1954 (LP)
  • Johann Hoffmann - Concerto For Mandolin And Orchestra In D Major / Quartet For Mandolin, Violin, Viola, And Lute In F Major. Elfriede Kunschak (mandolin), Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra, Vinzenz Hladky (lute, conductor). Vox STPL 514.260, p.2646. approx. 1965 (LP). Also Turnabout TV 34003S, 1965 (LP) / Turnabout TV 34016S, 1966 (LP)
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Johann Adolf Hasse, Giovanni Hoffmann - Mandolin Concerts. Takashi Ochi (mandolin), Orchester De Chambre Paul Kuentz. Philips 6527 098, 1978 (LP)
  • Duo Capriccioso Vol. III. Giovanni Hoffmann, Sonata No. 2, D minor; further works by Francesco Piccone, Andrea Sforgi di Pisa, Raffaele Calace, Alfonso Carlos Miguel, Fritz Pilsl and Radamés Gnattali. Gertrud and Michael Tröster. Thorofon classics 2204, 1994 (CD)
  • Silvius Leopold Weiss: Lute Sonatas Nos. 14 and 20 / Johann Hoffmann: Mandolin Sonata in G major / Mandolin Sonata in D minor. Duo Ahlert & Schwab. Naxos 8.557716, 2007 (CD)
  • the Violin & the Mandolin: Accomplices and Rivals. Giovanni Francesco Giuliani: Quartets for mandolin, violin & cello No. 1–6; Hoffmann: Divertimenti for mandolin, violin & Bc No. 1–4. Baschenis ensemble. Vol. 1: Concerto 2036, 2007 (CD); Vol. 2: Concerto 2059, 2010 (CD); Re-release: Concerto 6912622, 2016 (2 CD)
  • Emanuele Barbella, Francesco Giovanni Giuliani, Giovanni Hoffmann - Mandolin Concerts. Anna Torge, Cologne Academy, Michael Alexander Willens. Ars Production, ARS 38 092, 2013 (CD)

literature

  • Ross Cherednik, Ken Eidson (Eds.): Mandolin Classics. Mel Bay Publications, Pacific MO 1986, ISBN 0-87166-943-9 , p. 48 ff. ( Limited preview in Google book search).
  • Robert Eitner: Biographical-bibliographical source lexicon of musicians and music scholars of the Christian era up to the middle of the 19th century. Volume 5: Hainglaise – Kytsch . Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig 1901, p. 175 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • François-Joseph Fétis: Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. 2nd Edition. Volume 4: Gibbons – Kazynsky . Firmin Didot, Paris 1866, p. 346 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • Ernst Ludwig Gerber: New historical-biographical lexicon of the Tonkünstler. Volume 2: E-J. Kühnel, Leipzig 1812, column 702 ( digitized version ).
  • Hermann Mendel: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences. Volume 5: Harmony - Karow . Oppenheim, Berlin 1875, p. 262 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  • James Tyler, Paul Sparks: The early mandolin. The mandolino and the Neapolitan mandolin (= Early Music. 9). Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989, ISBN 0-19-318516-4 , p. 39; 41; 57; 64-65; 102-103 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  • Josef Zuth: Handbook of the lute and guitar. Verlag der Zeitschrift für die Guitar, Vienna, 1926–1928, p. 141 ( limited preview in Google book search).

Web links

Audio samples

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A mix-up with the composer (Johann) Heinrich Anton Hoffmann (1770–1842) does not seem to be excluded.
  2. ↑ Giorgio Ferraris, quoted from Glyn Pursglove: The Violin & The Mandolin - Accomplices And Rivals / Ensemble Baschenis (CD review). accessed on February 18, 2018
  3. ^ Uncle Dave Lewis: Giovanni Hoffmann - Artist Biography at Allmusic (English). Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c Peter Päffgen: New plates. In: Guitar & Laute , 30, 2008, No. 2, p. 52; issuu.com (PDF).
  5. ^ A b James Tyler, Paul Sparks: The early mandolin. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989, ISBN 0-19-318516-4 , pp. 64-65.
  6. ^ A b Josef Zuth: The mandolin manuscripts in the library of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. In: Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 14 (1931), ZDB -ID 203046-9 , pp. 89-99.
  7. ↑ a b James Tyler: The Italian Mandolin and Mandola 1589-1800. In: Early Music, Vol. 9, No. 4 (Oct. 1981), pp. 438-446, JSTOR 3126686 .
  8. ↑ a b Marga Wilden-Hüsgen: CD booklet ARS 38 092. (PDF; 1 MB)
  9. ^ Rudolf Flotzinger : Mandolin. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 3, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7001-3045-7 .
  10. ↑ a b c d e James Tyler, Paul Sparks: The early mandolin. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989, ISBN 0-19-318516-4 , p. 57.
  11. ↑ Maria Mittler: Anna Torge plays mandolin concerts (CD review). Guitar & Lute Online, June 14, 2015, accessed February 14, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Giovanni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mandolinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1770
DATE OF DEATH 1814 or 1840
Place of death unsure: Vienna