Heinrich Karl Johann Hofmann (13 January 1842,
Berlin
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– 16 July 1902,
Groß-Tabarz, present-day
Thuringia
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) was a German
composer
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and
pianist
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. He was a pupil of
Theodor Kullak
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,
Eduard Grell
Eduard Grell or August Eduard Grell (6 November 1800 – 10 August 1886) was a German composer, organist, and music teacher.
Grell was born in Berlin. Among his early teachers were Carl Friedrich Zelter and Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen. On Zelt ...
,
Siegfried Dehn
Siegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn (24 or 25 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
Born in Altona, Dehn was the son of a banker and learned to play the cello as a boy. Intent on becoming a diplo ...
and
Richard Wüerst
Richard Wüerst (22 February 1824 – 9 October 1881) was a German composer, music professor and pedagogue.
Wüerst was born and died in Berlin. He was a pupil of Carl Friedrich Rungenhagen at the Prussian Academy of Arts and a pupil of Felix Men ...
. His ''Frithjof Symphony'' (1874), a musical realization of the legend
Friðþjófs saga hins frœkna
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, was one of the most frequently performed orchestral works in Germany during the late 19th century. In addition to orchestral music, he also wrote several
opera
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s, some
lieder
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,
choral music
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, and works for solo piano. After his death, his music fell largely into obscurity. He was not a very famous composer in his time. Hofmann lived during the late 19th century, around near the 20th century.
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