Along with the Stamitz concerto, Hoffmeister's Viola Concerto is the most important audition piece for viola players. Yet, it has been handed down in a complicated source tradition, surviving in a sin...
In the field of instrumental music Hoffmeister enriched almost all genres with works, whereby a special preference for unusual and rare chamber music instrumentations is noticeable.
The creative impetus, the variability of expression, the never flagging inventiveness can also be found in these 6 quartets 'with 2 violas'. A ravishing 'instrumentation variant' for all violists!
2clar,orch 19'30'
The standard work of the viola literature unites what ennobles the high school of the classical repertoire: Virtuoso playing mood, melodic impetus, cleverly designed modulations along with impeccable...
Der Komponist und Verleger Franz Anton Hoffmeister gehört zu den bekanntesten und beliebtesten Meistern der Wiener Klassik.
Franz Anton Hoffmeister sicherte sich als Musikverleger in Wien einen wichtigen Platz in der Musikgeschichte. Er war aber auch ein überaus fruchtbarer und geschätzter Komponist der Wiener Klassik. Sei...