Herbert Manfred Hoffmann

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Herbert Manfred Hoffmann (born February 13, 1930 in Brieg , Province of Silesia ; † August 24, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German organist and church musician .

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Herbert Manfred Hoffmann completed his studies as organist with Max Drischner in Brieg and Johannes Piersig in Breslau . In 1946 he moved to the Evangelical Church Music Institute in Heidelberg , where he passed the A-exam as a church musician in 1948. a. Hermann Meinhard Poppen , Helmut Tramnitz and Wolfgang Fortner .

After a brief activity in Weinsberg in 1950/51, he moved to Frankfurt am Main . From 1953 he worked as an organist and cantor at the Emmaus Church and since 1978 as a church musician for the Evangelical Regional Association at the Heiliggeistkirche at the Dominican monastery .

In 1952 Hoffmann founded the oratorio choir Frankfurter Kantatenkreis (today Frankfurter Kantatenchor ), which he directed until 2004 and with which he performed important works by Bach , Schütz , Brahms , Mozart , Fauré , Verdi and Dvořák , mainly in the Heiliggeistkirche and also in of the old opera . He worked there a. a. with vocal soloists at the Frankfurt Opera and for many years with the orchestra of the Frankfurt Philharmonic Society , which u. a. consisted of members of the Frankfurt Opera House and Museum Orchestra and the Hessian Radio Symphony Orchestra .

On the 50th anniversary of Max Reger 's death , Hoffmann initiated the Frankfurt Max Reger Days in 1966 , which were also held in 1967 and 1968 due to the positive response. The Frankfurt Organ Days in the Heiliggeistkirche, an international organ concert cycle with national and international soloists , which have taken place annually since 1978 , can also be traced back to his initiative. From 1979 to 2013 he was also chairman of the Frankfurt am Main church music association founded by Arnold Thrun in 1950 . The direction of both the choir and the church music club was then taken over by his son, the church musician Frank Hoffmann .

Hoffmann has given concerts as an organist as well as a conductor and on concert tours with the choir in France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia and North America. He played numerous records and CDs.

In 2005 he was awarded the Philipp-Jakob-Spener-Medal by the Evangelical Church for his services to church music .

Hoffmann's grave is located in the New Bockenheim Cemetery in Frankfurt.

Discography (selection)

CD

  • Giuseppe Verdi : Messa da Requiem . Live recording from the Heiliggeistkirche, Frankfurt am Main, Lünenbürger - Künzler - McAllister - Reiter, Frankfurter Kantantenkreis, Choir of the Technical University of Breslau , Philharmonic Orchestra Frankfurt am Main, conductor: Herbert M. Hoffmann, ed .: Ev. Regional Association Frankfurt, ISBN ISBN 978-3-922179-41-2
  • Organ sound experiences in the Heiliggeistkirche, Dominican monastery, Frankfurt am Main . Works by Bach, Fiocco, Mozart, Guilmant, Brewer, Gigout, Rheinberger, Lemmens, Ireland, Mulet and Boëllmann, organ: Herbert Manfred Hoffmann, ed .: Ev. Regional Association Frankfurt, ISBN 978-3-922179-39-9
  • Organo Con Brio, Herbert M. Hoffmann at the organ of the Heiliggeistkirche Frankfurt am Main. Works by Töpfer, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Franck, Saint-Saëns, Schumann, Elgar, Ed .: Ev. Regional Association Frankfurt, ISBN 978-3-922179-44-3
  • Music in the Dominican monastery - Heiliggeistkirche. Works by Stanley, Bruhns, Viviani, Kellner, Bach, Schilling, Peeters, Wallin, Kapi-Králik. Trumpet: Robert Bodenröder, organ: Herbert Manfred Hoffmann. Ed .: Ev. Regional Association Frankfurt

LP

  • Max Reger - Herbert Manfred Hoffmann. Organ works . Pelca PSR 40 510
  • Trumpet Tunes & Voluntaries. Robert Bodenröder (trumpet), Herbert Manfred Hoffmann (organ), MPS Records , 1968
  • Music from four centuries. Herbert Manfred Hoffmann at the electronic Ahlborn organ. Gotthard F. Döhring music publisher, MD 0542
  • Sounding organ country. Herbert M. Hoffmann plays on famous historical organs from Northern Germany. Concert Hall M-2355
  • The virtuoso organ. Works by Franz Liszt, Léon Boëllmann, César Franck. Pelca PSR 40 509
  • The Scherer organ at Himmelpforte. Works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Pelca PSR 40 508

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Cemetery Administration City of Frankfurt am Main
  2. ^ René Gagnaux: Hoffmann Courte biography. In: Mon Musée Musicale. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b c d Ralf Bräuer: Icon of Frankfurt church music is dead. In: Evangelical Frankfurt and Offenbach. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  4. ^ Frankfurter Cantata Choir - History. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ a b Orchestra of the Frankfurt Philharmonic Society. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  6. ^ KulturPortal Frankfurt: Choirs. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  7. ^ "The works of Bach are the standard" - Evangelisches Frankfurt. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  8. ^ Frankfurter Max Reger Days 1966. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Kirchenmusikverein Frankfurt - direction. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
  10. ↑ CDs. In: Evangelical Frankfurt and Offenbach. Retrieved July 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Herbert Manfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hoffmann, Herbert M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German organist and church musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 13, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Brzeg , Province of Silesia
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 2018
Place of death Frankfurt am Main