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Franz Anton Hoffmeister
Person · male · Germany · Rottenburg am Neckar · born 1754 · died 1812 · recording since 1993
German composer and music publisher
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Also known as F. Hoffmeister · 弗朗兹·安东·霍夫迈斯特
Timeline
16 events▣ Album 13◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1750s
1810s
1990s
· Debut release
Debut release: Beethoven: Octet, op. 103 / Rondino / Quintet, H 19 / Hoffmeister: Serenade
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Album: Beethoven: Octet, op. 103 / Rondino / Quintet, H 19 / Hoffmeister: Serenade
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2000s
2010s
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Album: Franz Anton Hoffmeiserter: double bass quartets 2,3,4; Schubert: Arpeggione sonata (arr for double bass)
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Album: Rossini: String Sonatas nos. 1–3 / Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets nos. 1 & 2
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Album: Rossini: Strings Sonatas nos. 4–6 / Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets nos. 3 & 4
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2020s
Biography
English biography845 words · 8 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1351926130
Biography
Franz Anton Hoffmeister (12 May 1754 – 9 February 1812) was a German and Austrian composer and music publisher.
Early years
Franz Anton Hoffmeister was born in Rottenburg am Neckar, Further Austria, on 12 May 1754. At the age of fourteen, he went to Vienna to study law. Following his studies, however, he decided on a career in music and by the 1780s he had become one of the city’s most popular composers, with an extensive and varied catalogue of works to his credit.
Hoffmeister’s reputation today rests mainly on his activities as a music publisher. By 1785 he had established one of Vienna’s first music publishing businesses, second only to Artaria & Co, which had ventured into the field five years earlier.
Hoffmeister published his own works as well as those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Johann Baptist Wanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D to him and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as my "most beloved brother".
Compositions
Hoffmeister’s publishing activities reached a peak in 1791, but thereafter he appeared to have devoted more time to composition. Most of his operas were composed and staged during the early 1790s and this, combined with an apparent lack of business sense, led to his noticeable decline as a publisher.
Publishing interests
In 1799, Hoffmeister and the flautist Franz Thurner set off on a concert tour which was to have taken them as far afield as London. They got no further than Leipzig, where Hoffmeister befriended the organist Ambrosius Kühnel. The two men decided to set up a music publishing partnership and "within a year" had founded the 'Bureau de Musique', which was eventually taken over by the well-respected C.F. Peters, a firm that is still active today. Among the publications of the Bureau de Musique was the first edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's Keyboard Works in 14 volumes (1802). The publisher Friedrich Hofmeister (founder of Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag) learnt his trade, in part, whilst working as an assistant in the Bureau de Musique. Until 1805, Hoffmeister kept both the Viennese firm and his newer Leipzig publishing house going, but in March 1805 he transferred sole ownership of the Bureau de Musique to Kühnel. His interest in the Viennese firm also waned, for in 1806, apparently to allow time for composition, he sold the 20-year-old business to the Chemische Druckerey.
As a composer, Hoffmeister was highly respected by his contemporaries, as can be seen in the entry, published in the year of his death, in Gerber's Neues Lexikon der Tonkünstler:
If you were to take a glance at his many and varied works, then you would have to admire the diligence and the cleverness of this composer.... He earned for himself a well-deserved and wide-spread reputation through the original content of his works, which are not only rich in emotional expression but also distinguished by the interesting and suitable use of instruments and through good practicability. For this last trait we have to thank his knowledge of instruments, which is so evident that you might think that he was a virtuoso on all of the instruments for which he wrote.
With opus number
Duo for two Flutes Op. 31/3
Duets for Violin & Violoncello 1-3 Op. 6
Duets for Violin & Viola 1-3 Op. 7
String Quartets 1-6 Op. 7?
String Quartets 1-6 Op. 10
Duets for Violin & Viola 1-6 Op. 13
String Quartets 1-3 Op. 14
Duets for Violin & Viola 1-6 Op. 19
Quartetti Concertanti 1-3 Op. 29
String Quintet Op. 62
Duets for Violin & Viola 1-6 Op. 65
Without opus number
6 Airs for 2 flutes
Clarinet Concerto in Bb
Oboe Concerto in C major
6 Caprices for Solo Violin
12 Etudes for Viola (1803, Leipzig Bureau de Musique)
12 Variations for Flute and Strings
Viola Concerto in D major
Viola Concerto in B-flat major
Concerti for Double Bass
Selected recordings
Mozart, Hoffmeister - Arthur Grumiaux, Arrigo Pelliccia – Duos for violin and viola - Philips
Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Wilhelm Neuhaus, Hans-Jurgen Mohring, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Helmut Muller-Bruhl – Piano Concerto In D Major, Op. 24 / Flute Concerto In D Major - Musical Heritage Society
Hoffmeister | Stamitz | Benda - Maxence Larrieu, Hans Stadlmair, Munich Chamber Orchestra – Les Concertos Hoffmeister, Stamitz, Benda - Barclay
Theodor von Schacht, Franz Anton Hoffmeister, Dieter Klöcker – Klarinettenkonzert B-Dur / Klarinettenkonzert B-Dur - Acanta
Sergei Nakariakov - Haydn, Hoffmeister, Mendelssohn – Concertos For Trumpet - Teldec
Hoffmeister, Lebrun, Fiala Und Koželuh – Albrecht Mayer, Kammerakademie Potsdam – Deutsche Grammophon
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: 12 Etudes For Viola - Marco Misciagna, viola - MM18
Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Ouverture dall’opera “Der Königssohn aus Ithaka” (1795); Sinfonia in do maggiore (Hickman C8); Sinfonia in re maggiore (Hickman D8); Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, direttore Howard Griffiths, CPO 2015.
Literature
Clive, Peter, Mozart and His Circle: A Biographical Dictionary (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993), pp. 160–161
Lawford-Hinrichsen, Irene, Music Publishing and Patronage: C. F. Peters: 1800 to the Holocaust (Kenyon: Edition Press, 2000), pp. 3–7
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
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| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -181 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (15 release groups · 13 studio albums)
Albums · 13
Beethoven: Octet, op. 103 / Rondino / Quintet, H 19 / Hoffmeister: Serenade
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 59:45
1Oktett Es-dur, op. 103: Allegro7:492Oktett Es-dur, op. 103: Andante6:503Oktett Es-dur, op. 103: Menuetto3:354Oktett Es-dur, op. 103: Finale: Presto3:545Rondino Es-dur, WoO 256:056Quintett Es-dur, H 19: Moderato7:017Quintett Es-dur, H 19: Adagio maestoso3:108Quintett Es-dur, H 19: Minuetto: Allegro1:209Serenade Es-dur: Adagio3:1610Serenade Es-dur: Allegro2:1811Serenade Es-dur: Menuettino. Allegretto3:4812Serenade Es-dur: Allegro moderato4:0113Serenade Es-dur: Poco adagio3:3014Serenade Es-dur: Rondo. Allegretto3:082003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 59:36
1String Quartet in F major, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro6:182String Quartet in F major, Op. 14, No. 1: II. Poco adagio7:023String Quartet in F major, Op. 14, No. 1: III. Allegro4:594String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 14, No. 2: I. Allegro6:525String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 14, No. 2: II. Romance: Adagio5:296String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 14, No. 2: III. Allegretto6:397String Quartet in D minor, Op. 14, No. 3: I. Vivace6:168String Quartet in D minor, Op. 14, No. 3: II. Adagio cantabile6:139String Quartet in D minor, Op. 14, No. 3: III. Minuetto: Allegretto3:5510String Quartet in D minor, Op. 14, No. 3: IV. Presto5:532004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 32 tracks · 2:23:25
Disc 11Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in B-flat major: Allegro con spirito8:092Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in B-flat major: Poco adagio6:543Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in B-flat major: Rondo (Allegro)3:474Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major: Allegro8:155Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major: Adagio7:026Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in D major: Rondo (Allegro)3:56712 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 1 in C major (Allegro)4:36812 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 2 in A major (Menuettino)1:42912 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 3 in F major (Allegretto)1:251012 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 4 in D major (Allegro)4:431112 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 5. Tema con variazioni in G major (Andante - Allegro moderato - Allegro - Tempo del tema - Allegro - Moderato - Allegro)4:281212 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 6 in A minor (Andante (Lento))3:341312 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 7 in E-flat major (Vivace)4:081412 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 8 in B major (Allegro)2:571512 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 9 in F minor (Cantabile)3:321612 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 10 in B-flat minor (Allegro)2:241712 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 11 in F-sharp major (Allegro moderato)1:341812 Studies for Solo Viola: Etude no. 12 in E major (Andante)2:57Disc 21Jolanthe: Szene und Arioso (Jolanthe)10:222Morgen!4:253Die Frau ohne Schatten: Finale Akt. I "Ihr Gatten in den Häusern dieser Stadt"4:434Mondnacht3:175Dumky Trio: Allegro4:036Lieder ohne Worte: Andante2:107Duettino7:098Au loin4:369Symphonie Nr. 3: II. Andante con motto11:0210Fuga I in G2:2711Sonate, KV 331: Alla Turka3:3012La Primavera: Allegro4:0913Dialogkantate, BWV 58: Ich hab für mir ein schwere Reis2:0914Wir sagen euch an den lieben Advent3:202005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:01:47
1Symphony in G major “La festa della Pace 1791”: I. Allegro9:132Symphony in G major “La festa della Pace 1791”: II. Poco adagio5:253Symphony in G major “La festa della Pace 1791”: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio4:134Symphony in G major “La festa della Pace 1791”: IV. Allegro molto, Turchesco5:095Symphony in E major: I. Allegro molto7:026Symphony in E major: II. Adagio non troppo5:047Symphony in E major: III. Minuetto - Trio3:188Symphony in E major: IV. Presto3:489Symphony in D major: I. Allegro molto7:0710Symphony in D major: II. Adagio4:1511Symphony in D major: III. Menuetto - Tio2:5212Symphony in D major: IV. Finale. Allegro molto4:212011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:06:13
1Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.2 in D major: Allegro moderato6:092Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.2 in D major: Menuett3:483Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.2 in D major: Andante3:174Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.2 in D major: Rondo5:365Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.3 in D major: Moderato5:306Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.3 in D major: Adagio3:077Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartet No.3 in D major: Tempo di Minuetto2:578Schubert: Double bass quartet No.4 in D major: Allegro moderato4:069Schubert: Double bass quartet No.4 in D major: Menuett3:4810Schubert: Double bass quartet No.4 in D major: Andante2:5411Schubert: Double bass quartet No.4 in D major: Rondo3:1012Schubert: Arpeggione sonata D 821 arr Norbert Duka for double bass: Allegro moderato8:5313Schubert: Double bass quartet No.4 in D major: Adagio - Allegretto12:58Flute Concertos, Volume 1: nos. 21 and 24
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 57:14
1Flute Concerto no. 24 in D major: I. Allegro (Cadenza: Bruno Meier)15:032Flute Concerto no. 24 in D major: II. Alla polacca ma lento6:153Flute Concerto no. 24 in D major: III. Rondo: Moderato9:154Flute Concerto no. 21 in D major: I. Allegro13:235Flute Concerto no. 21 in D major: II. Romanza: Adagio7:026Flute Concerto no. 21 in D major: III. Rondo: Allegro (Cadenzas: Bruno Meier)6:162014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:08:56
1Piano Sonata in A major: I. Allegro9:102Piano Sonata in A major: II. Adagio4:503Piano Sonata in A major: III. Presto3:304Piano Sonata in G major: I. Allegro11:095Piano Sonata in G major: II. Poco adagio4:276Piano Sonata in G major: III. Rondo4:507Piano Sonata in B-flat major: I. Allegro con spirito8:218Piano Sonata in B-flat major: II. Adagio6:339Piano Sonata in B-flat major: III. Presto4:1910Variations for Piano in C major11:472015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 53:15
1Piano Sonata in D Major: I. Allegro8:442Piano Sonata in D Major: II. Poco adagio2:553Piano Sonata in D Major: III. Rondeau2:254Piano Sonata in C Major: I. Allegro6:565Piano Sonata in C Major: II. Andante2:016Piano Sonata in C Major: III. Rondo. Allegro2:217Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major: I. Adagio10:168Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major: II. Allegretto2:489Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major: III. Variations. Andante14:492015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:19:10
13 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in C Major: I. Allegro11:1723 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in C Major: II. Minuetto poco allegretto - Trio - Da capo6:2233 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in C Major: III. Rondo allegro2:1143 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro8:2053 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in D Major: II. Poco adagio4:5363 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in D Major: III. Vivace3:3873 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 3 in A Major: I. Andante con espressione4:0683 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 3 in A Major: II. Rondo. Allegro5:3992 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in F Major: I. Moderato7:39102 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in F Major: II. Adagio3:56112 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 1 in F Major: III. Allegretto4:11122 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in B‐Flat Major: I. Allegro6:52132 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in B‐Flat Major: II. Adagio5:44142 Keyboard Sonatas, no. 2 in B‐Flat Major: III. Allegro4:222015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 53:40
1Overture from the Opera »Der Königssohn aus Ithaka«4:052Symphony in C major, Hickman C8: I. Adagio – Allegro10:193Symphony in C major, Hickman C8: II. Andante5:504Symphony in C major, Hickman C8: III. Menuetto. Allegro – Trio4:305Symphony in C major, Hickman C8: IV. Allegro5:516Symphony in D major, Hickman D8: I. Adagio – Allegro con fuoco9:007Symphony in D major, Hickman D8: II. Andante cantabile5:348Symphony in D major, Hickman D8: III. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio3:479Symphony in D major, Hickman D8: IV. Allegro con brio4:44Rossini: String Sonatas nos. 1–3 / Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets nos. 1 & 2
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:08:26
1Sonata no. 1 in G major: I. Moderato5:122Sonata no. 1 in G major: II. Andante3:553Sonata no. 1 in G major: III. Allegro2:384Solo Quartet no. 1 in D major: I. Allegro moderato6:235Solo Quartet no. 1 in D major: II. Adagio4:086Solo Quartet no. 1 in D major: III. Rondeau3:227Sonata no. 2 in A major: I. Allegro7:138Sonata no. 2 in A major: II. Andante2:359Sonata no. 2 in A major: III. Allegro2:1310Solo Quartet no. 2 in D major: I. Allegro moderato5:5111Solo Quartet no. 2 in D major: II. Menuetto – Trio3:4012Solo Quartet no. 2 in D major: III. Andante3:1613Solo Quartet no. 2 in D major: IV. Rondo4:4014Sonata no. 3 in C major: I. Allegro6:1215Sonata no. 3 in C major: II. Andante4:0716Sonata no. 3 in C major: III. Moderato3:01Rossini: Strings Sonatas nos. 4–6 / Hoffmeister: Solo Quartets nos. 3 & 4
2019 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:16:38
1String Sonata no. 4 in B‐flat major: I. Allegro vivace10:582String Sonata no. 4 in B‐flat major: II. Andante3:473String Sonata no. 4 in B‐flat major: III. Allegretto3:054Solo Quartet no. 3 in D major: I. Moderato5:345Solo Quartet no. 3 in D major: II. Adagio4:116Solo Quartet no. 3 in D major: III. Tempo di minuetto4:027String Sonata no. 5 in E‐flat major: I. Allegro vivace7:408String Sonata no. 5 in E‐flat major: II. Andante3:119String Sonata no. 5 in E‐flat major: III. Allegretto3:3210Solo Quartet no. 4 in D major: I. Allegro moderato4:1511Solo Quartet no. 4 in D major: II. Menuett3:2012Solo Quartet no. 4 in D major: III. Andante3:4113Solo Quartet no. 4 in D major: IV. Rondo3:1314String Sonata no. 6 in D major: I. Allegro spirituoso7:4815String Sonata no. 6 in D major: II. Andante assai2:1216String Sonata no. 6 in D major: III. Allegro6:092025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:19
112 Etudes for Viola: I. Allegro6:56212 Etudes for Viola: II. Menuettino2:32312 Etudes for Viola: III. Allegretto2:28412 Etudes for Viola: IV. Allegro5:03512 Etudes for Viola: V. Tema con variazioni6:43612 Etudes for Viola: VI. Andante4:18712 Etudes for Viola: VII. Vivace4:16812 Etudes for Viola: VIII. Allegro5:28912 Etudes for Viola: IX. Cantabile5:471012 Etudes for Viola: X. Allegro5:001112 Etudes for Viola: XI. Allegro moderato2:201212 Etudes for Viola: XII. Andante3:28
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| 2025 | 12 Etudes for Viola: I. AllegroSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 6:55112 Etudes for Viola: I. Allegro6:55 | 7 March 2025 | ||
| 2025 | 12 Etudes for Viola: IV. AllegroSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:02112 Etudes for Viola: IV. Allegro5:02 | 14 March 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Franz Anton Hoffmeister head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 17 | 76.4th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 15 | 85th |
| Studio albums | 13 | 93.5th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 16 | 91.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -181 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
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