Unsung Composers

Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann  Born Berlin 13.1.1842  Died Gross-Tabarz, Thuringia  16.7.1902
He attended Theodor Kullak's academy in Berlin,  where he studied under Kullak, Dehn and Wuerst.  Following the success of his first opera, Cartouche, he decided to devote himself to composition.  He is now best remembered if at all for his chamber music and fourhand piano compositions


Orchestral

Frithjof Symphony  Op.22   pub. by Ries & Erler  1872
Hungarian Suite  Op.16    pub. by Ries & Erler  1873
Eine Schauspiel overture (Dramatic overture) Op.28   1875
Three pieces for orchestra  Op.15   pub. by Bote & Bock  1886
Im Schlojshof  suite   Op.78   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.31   pub. by Ries & Erler  1880
Cello Concerto in D minor Op.30
Serenade in A minor for string orchestra  Op.93    pub. by Challier
Serenade in D for string orchestra  Op.72   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel  1884
Irrlichter und Kobolde scherzo  Op.94   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel  1888
Grand funeral march  Op.38
Serenade for flute and strings  Op.65   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Konzertstuck for flute and orchestra  Op.98     1888

Chamber

Piano quartet  Op.50  1880
Piano trio in A  Op.18   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel  1874
Violin sonata in F minor Op.67  1883
Romance for cello and piano  Op.48
Serenade in F for cello and piano  Op.63  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel  1882
String sextet  Op.25  pub. by Hainauer  1875  (also arranged for piano 4 hands)
Octet for 2 violins, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, horn & bassoon. Op.80
Serenade for flute and string sextet Op.65

Piano

Two nocturnes in A flat & G Op.1
Two valse-caprices in G & A flat  Op.2
Tableaus de gengre for piano: 1. Marche, 2. Chant de la Fileuse, 3. Danse paysanne.   Op.3
Capriccio in A minor  Op.5   pub. by Bote & Bock  1872
Polonaise  in A sharp minor  Op.6 
Five pieces;  1. Lied, 2. Ungarisch, 3. In der Dammerung, 4. Elegie, 5. Humoreske  Op.9   pub. by Bote & Bock
Three pieces  Op.10
Album Leaves, four pieces  Op.11   No.2 In May
In Dreamland  Op.12
Valse (salonwalzer)   Op.14   pub. by Erler
Landler  Op.23
Liebesfruhling  Op.29    pub. by Ries & Erler
Reminiscences, five pieces  Op.34
Reminiscences, book 2. nine pieces  Op.37
From my Diary, twelve pieces 1. To the Lute, 2. By a Mountain Torrent Op.46
Summer  Op.47
Der Trompeter von Sakkingen (six characterstucke) Op.52  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Skizzen: Op.77.  1. To the lake, 2. By a mountain Torrent, 3. Landler, 4. Geburtslagsmarsch, 5. Melodie, 6. Tanzlied, 7. Scherzo, 8. Humoureske, 9. Schalf ein (go to sleep), 10. Zum Beginn, 11. Hirten reigen (shepherd's song), 12. Am dem see (on the lake) , 13. Studentenlied, 14. Gavotte, 15. Waldvoglein (little wood bird), 16. Wiegenlied , 17. Elfen, 18. Auf zur Jogd, 19. Heimweh.  pub. by P J Tonger 1896
Lose  Blatter  5 kleine stucke  Op.85   pub. by Challier   1887
Stimmungsbilder  Op.88
Six Genrebilder  Op.126   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Norwegian lieder und tanze, 3 hefte,    pub. by Ries & Erler

Piano 4 hands

Three duets; 1. Fughette, 2. Menuett, 3.  Festmarsch  Op.10 
Three duets  Op.13
Italian Lovesongs  six pieces, piano 4 hands  Op.19  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartelb & Novello, Ewer & Co.
Springtime of Love  five duets  Op.29
Three duets  Op.35
Prairie Pictures  (Steppenbilder)  three pieces  Op.39
Trauermarsch  Op.38   pub. by Ries & Erler
On the Rhine,  four duets  Op.43  1880
Two serenades Op.54
Ekkehard  Op.57
Six Characterpieces  Op.70
Abendgesang  Op.76
Ritornelle, six pieces  Op.108
Zum Wiegenfeste, six pieces  Op.109
Romantische Suite  Op.120
Idyll  Op.123
Fest-<arsch piano 4 hands

Song

Four two-part songs  Op.4
Six quartets for male voices  Op.20
Five Minnelieder  Op.24
Five songs  words by H Heine  Op.26
Song cycle, seven songs  Op.27   pub. by Hainauer
Four songs  Op.32
Four songs words by W Shakespeare  Op.33
Five songs  Op.36
Four two-part songs  Op.41
Minnespeil,vocal waltzes with piano duet  Op.42
Wanda, ballad  Op.49
Five songs  Op.51
Singuf-Rattenfangerlieder  Op.58, Op.62, Op.82  pub by Challier

Choral with Orchestra

Champagne song for male chorus and orchestra  Op.17   pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Song of the Norns for soloist, female voices and orchestra  Op.21  1885
Das Marchen vonder Schonen Melusine   dramatic cantata  Op.30   pub by Ries & Erler
Cindarella, fairy tale after C D Grabbe, cantata Op.45  pub. by Ries & Erler
Selig sind die Toten  Op.64
Sinnen und Minnen; a dance-poem  Op.68
Festgesang  Op.74
Abendgesang  Op.76
Harald's Brautfahrt  Op.90   pub. by Challier
Johanna von Orleans  Op.105
Prometheseus  Op.110
Waldfrauline   fairy tale  Op.111  pub. by Breitkopf & Hartel
Nordische Meerfahrt Op.113

Salve Regina   Op.53

Opera

Cartouche  Op.7  1869
Der Matador  1872
Armin  Op.40  1877
Annchen von Tharau Op.44  1878
Wilhelm von Oranien  Op.56  1881
Donna Diana  Op.75  1886

...best remembered these days, surely, for his Frithjof Symphony:
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