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Leopold Hofmann

Chapel master of St. Stephen's Cathedral.

Leopold Hofmann · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
Leopold Hofmann · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Classification · German and Austrian area

1738 – 1793

Vienna - Vienna

Review

Alumno de Wagenseil, was a chapel teacher in several Viennese churches and a professor of the imperial family. In 1772 he obtained the prestigious position of chapel master of the Cathedral of San Esteban.

Very popular in his time, in 1791 Mozart was appointed his deputy with the right to happen to him, but he died before him. Several of his works circulated under the name Haydn, as the well-known concert for flute in re major.

Main works

  • Concert for flute in major (previously attributed to Haydn)
  • Cello concert
  • Keyboard Concerts
  • Concert for oboe
  • Symphonies
  • Masses and sacred music for San Esteban
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