Hans Hofmann (musician)

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Hans (Ernst Johannes) Hofmann (born January 14, 1867 in Borna ; † December 3, 1933 in Leipzig ) was cantor of the St. Pauli University Church in Leipzig, professor and senior teacher at the secondary school in Leipzig. Hofmann studied at the Leipzig Conservatory with Hermann Kretzschmar and Hugo Riemann .

Around the turn of the year 1905/1906, Hans Hofmann took over the office of cantor of the university church from his predecessor Albin Fürchtegott Zehrfeld. This had recently been adopted into retirement. [7]

In 1906 a mixed choir was institutionalized under him as the University Church Choir of St. Pauli on an academic basis.

His successor as cantor at the University Church of St. Pauli was Friedrich Rabenschlag in 1933 .

Hofmann lived from 1910 to 1933 in Oetzsch , the later district of Markkleeberg .

Publications (selection)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Library of Congress LCCN Permalink no2004081733. lccn.loc.gov, accessed March 14, 2017 .
  2. ^ Paulinerkirche rebuilding University of Leipzig. paulinerkirche.org, accessed on March 14, 2017 .
  3. Leipzig Reading - Music tradition at the University of Leipzig - an overview. leipzig-lese.de, accessed on March 14, 2017 .
  4. ^ The Leipzig University Choir 1926–1963 under the direction of Friedrich Rabenschlag. unichor.uni-leipzig.de, accessed on March 14, 2017 .
  5. Hans-Christian Drömann, Gerhard Hahn, Jürgen Henkys: Liederkunde zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2000, ISBN 978-3-525-50330-0 , p. 33 ( Preview in Google Book Search).
  6. Bernd Moeller, Bruno Jahn: German Biographical Encyclopedia of Theology and the Churches (DBETh) . Walter de Gruyter, 2005, ISBN 978-3-11-095988-8 , p. 279 ( preview in Google Book search).

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