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Jun 22, 2024 · E.T.A. Hoffmann was a German writer, composer, and painter known for his stories in which supernatural and sinister characters move in and out of men’s lives, ironically revealing tragic or grotesque sides of human nature.
The great German Romantic poet, composer and artist was born on 24 January 1776 as Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann at Königsberg / Eastern Prussia (now Kaliningrad) and died on 25 June 1822 in Berlin.
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann (January 24, 1776 – June 25, 1822), better known by his pen name E. T. A. Hoffmann, was a Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist.
From the outset, Hoffmann establishes (1) that music is the most romantic of all the arts and (2) that, if we are speaking of music as an autonomous art form, instrumental music—not vocal music—is what truly counts: the more removed from language and from the sensible world, the better.
The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. E. T. A. Hoffmann 424 downloads. Tales from the German, Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors 378 downloads. Weird Tales. Vol. 1 (of 2) E. T. A. Hoffmann 247 downloads.
Dec 25, 2013 · His name used to be hugely famous, but nowadays, it draws blank stares, even from people who know that work. E.T.A. Hoffman, who lived from 1776 to 1822 in the Kingdom of Prussia, was responsible...
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Beamter und Künstler, Musiker, Zeichner und Schriftsteller, wurde am 24. Januar 1776 in Königsberg als Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann geboren; aus Verehrung gegenüber Mozart ersetzte er 1805 den Vornamen Wilhelm durch Amadeus.
Dec 25, 2012 · Few people today remember E.T.A. Hoffmann, but most everyone is familiar with his most famous creation: The Nutcracker. NPR's Robert Siegel traces the history of everyone's favorite...
