Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) - Concerto in D a Flauto Concertato

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag Leopold Hofmann! 🎻🎁 Composer: Leopold Hofmann (1738-1793) Work: Concerto in D a Flauto Concertato Performers: Kurt Rеdеl (1918-2013, flute); Münchener Kammerorchester; Hans Stadlmair (1929-2019, conductor) Concerto in D a Flauto Concertato 1. Allegro moderato 0:00 2. Andante 7:59 3. Allegro molto 15:34 Painting: Quirin Mark (1753-1811) - Die hohe Zusammenkunft am Kaiser Hof in Wien (1791) HD image: Further info: Listen free: No available --- Leopold Hofmann (Vienna, 14 August 1738 - Vienna, 17 March 1793) Austrian organist and composer. The son of the court official Georg Adam Hofmann, he showed musical gifts when very young. He received his earliest musical education as a chorister in the Kapelle of Dowager Empress Elisabeth beginning at the age of 7. His teachers over the next several years included Georg Christoph Wagenseil and Giuseppe Trani. By 1758 he was employed at St. Michael’s Church, following which he served at St. Peter’s Church, eventually becoming Kapellmeister in 1766, the year after he was appointed hofKapellmeister to the Imperial court. There he taught the royal family and participated throughout Vienna as an organist and composer. In 1772 he became Georg von Reutter Jr.’s assistant at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, eventually taking over all functions at the church. He seems never to have been officially appointed to the post of chief Kapellmeister, possibly due to the necessity of denying the position of his assistant to violinist Tobias Gsur, who was unfit for the task. In 1786 he settled into retirement at his home in Oberdöbling. Hofmann was one of the major figures in Vienna of the period. His compositions for both the church and court were popular, and his music was well crafted. Although mainly homophonic in style, his church music was seen as an advance on the often antiquated style of his predecessor Reutter, with its absorption of Neapolitan musical devices. As a symphonist, he often used a slow introduction and clear-cut forms. His music includes 43 Masses, a Requiem, 29 antiphons, seven sacred arias, 16 litanies, 38 motets or offertories, two oratorios, 16 Psalms, 14 tracts, a responsory, three sequences, three vespers, 10 Lieder, 47 symphonies, 59 concertos (for violin, cello, flute, oboe, and keyboard), 19 concertinos, 22 divertimentos, 54 trios, 27 duets, six violin sonatas, 13 keyboard works, and three works for solo flute. His music is known by Badley numbers.