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The German writer, composer, conductor, music critic, and painter Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was born on January 24, 1776, in K\u00f6nigsberg. He died on June 25, 1822, in Berlin. January 2026 will mark the 250th anniversary of his birth.
\nHoffmann, who changed his third given name, Wilhelm, to Amadeus in 1805 out of admiration for Mozart, is considered a driving force of Romanticism.<\/div><\/div><\/div>Until 1806, the trained lawyer worked as a Prussian civil servant at various courts, pursuing his artistic passions only in his free time. Among other things, he was involved in establishing a “Musical Society” in Warsaw and, as its conductor, was able to perform his own works. During the French occupation of Warsaw, he moved to Berlin. In 1808, he briefly served as Kapellmeister (music director) and, from 1810, as assistant director, dramaturge, and set painter at the Bamberg Court Theatre. Alongside this, he continued to compose, write, and draw. He contributed music criticism to the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (General Musical Newspaper), but earned his living primarily as a music teacher.
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\nHoffmann, who changed his third given name, Wilhelm, to Amadeus in 1805 out of admiration for Mozart, is considered a driving force of Romanticism.<\/div><\/div><\/div>Until 1806, the trained lawyer worked as a Prussian civil servant at various courts, pursuing his artistic passions only in his free time. Among other things, he was involved in establishing a “Musical Society” in Warsaw and, as its conductor, was able to perform his own works. During the French occupation of Warsaw, he moved to Berlin. In 1808, he briefly served as Kapellmeister (music director) and, from 1810, as assistant director, dramaturge, and set painter at the Bamberg Court Theatre. Alongside this, he continued to compose, write, and draw. He contributed music criticism to the Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (General Musical Newspaper), but earned his living primarily as a music teacher.
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In 1812, he went to Dresden as a theater conductor. There, in 1814, he completed his opera “Undine,” which premiered in Berlin in 1816.
\nFrom 1815 onward, with the collection of stories “Fantasiest\u00fccke in Callot\u2019s Manier” (Fantasy Pieces in Callot’s Manner), he finally achieved literary success. When E.T.A. Hoffmann died in Berlin in 1822, he left behind more than 50 novels and short stories, a dozen plays, and 20 instrumental and vocal works. Many of his works have been adapted for other operas, ballets, films, and literary works. The most famous musical works based on his texts are Offenbach’s opera “The Tales of Hoffmann” and Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker.”
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\nFrom 1815 onward, with the collection of stories “Fantasiest\u00fccke in Callot\u2019s Manier” (Fantasy Pieces in Callot’s Manner), he finally achieved literary success. When E.T.A. Hoffmann died in Berlin in 1822, he left behind more than 50 novels and short stories, a dozen plays, and 20 instrumental and vocal works. Many of his works have been adapted for other operas, ballets, films, and literary works. The most famous musical works based on his texts are Offenbach’s opera “The Tales of Hoffmann” and Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker.”
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\nCuba 15.6.1967<\/strong><\/center><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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