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Wolfgang Hofmann


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Wolfgang Hofmann, Music Director of the Kurpfalz Chamber Orchestra (Mannheim) since 1959, was born the son of a musician in Karlsruhe in 1922. He studied in Leipzig, subsequently beginning his career as a violinist in that city's renowned Gewandhaus Orchestra. After an eight year interruption caused by military service and internment as a prisoner of war he then joined a series of orchestras, advancing to the position of concert master of the Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra. The composer Wolfgang Hofmann has emerged from the tradition of Hindemith and Bartók, a process he has described in his book "Golden Mean and Composition", which undertakes the task of describing a new set of principles for organizing musical material. His three movement "Concerto Gregorianico" for trumpet and string orchestra (published by C. F. Peters) is a typical example of the hexaphonic style based on the propotions of the golden mean. As the title states, significant melodic elements have been drawn from Gregorian chant.

     
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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
Drei Mannheimer KammersinfonienWolfgang Hofmann — Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim1997Album
Drei Mannheimer KammersinfonienWolfgang Hofmann — Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim1987Album
Sudetendeutsches SchloßkonzertCarl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Jan Václav Antonín Stamic, Carl Stamitz, Franz Schubert, Rose Marie Zartner, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann1986Album
Flötenkonzert D-Dur KV 314 / Violinkonzert D-Dur KV 211Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Willy Freivogel, Württembergisches Kammerorchester, Jörg Faerber, Hans Kalafusz, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann1978Album
Virtuose Trompetenkonzerte Aus Barock Und GegenwartRolf Quinque · Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim · Wolfgang Hofmann1976Album
Musick At Court (Music From The Court Of Duke Carl Theodore)Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann - Christian Cannabich / Georg Joseph Vogler / František Antonín Rössler1974Album
Musik Aus Dem Alten BerlinKurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann, Adolf Meidhof1972Album
Mannheimer SinfonieKurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim / Dirigent Wolfgang Hofmann1971Album
Die Kunst Der FugeJohann Sebastian Bach, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann, Heinz Markus Göttsche1969Album
L´Arte Della Fuga / Choral "Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit"Johann Sebastian Bach, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang Hofmann, Heinz Markus Göttsche1968Album
The Art Of The Fugue Part 1, BWV 1080Johann Sebastian Bach • Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim • Wolfgang Hofmann • Heinz Markus Göttsche1967Album
The Art Of The Fugue Part 2, BWV 1080Johann Sebastian Bach, The Kurpfälzische Chamber Orchestra, Wolfgang Hofmann, Heinz Markus Gottshe1967Album
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester In D-Dur - Romanze Für Violine Und Orchester N.1 In G.-Dur - Romanze Für Violine Und Orchester N.2 In F.-DurLuigi Boccherini, Ludwig van Beethoven, Helmut Heller (Violin) Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim Unter Der Leitung Von Wolfgang Hofmann1965Album
Antonio Vivaldi: Concerti P. 79, 222, 266 And 434Hans-Martin Linde, Klaus Storck, Susanne Lautenbacher, Ernesto Mampaey, Emil Seiler, Karl Scheit, Kammerorchester Emil Seiler, Wolfgang Hofmann1964Album
Concerto Per Flautino In C Major, P. 79 - Concerto Per Violoncello In C Minor, P. 434 / Concerto Con Violino Principale, Et Altro Violino Per Eco In Lontano In A Major, P. 222 - Concerto Con Viola D'Amor, E Leuto, E Con Tutti Gl'Istromenti Sordini In D Minor, P. 266Antonio Vivaldi - Hans-Martin Linde, Klaus Storck / Susanne Lautenbacher, Ernesto Mampaey, Emil Seiler, Karl Scheit, Kammerorchester Emil Seiler, Wolfgang Hofmann1962Album
Stamitz - Mannheimer Sinfonie Nr.2 in A-Dur / Mozart - Divertimento C-Dur KV157 / Haydn - Abschieds-Sinfonie Nr.45 In Fis-MollKurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang HofmannAlbum
Mozart - Andretter Serenade KV 185 D-Dur / Stamitz - 3. Mannheimer Sinfonie B-DurKurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim, Wolfgang HofmannAlbum
Ritterballet - Triumphmarsch Zu "Tarpeja"- Jena'er SinfonieLudwig van Beethoven, Rheinische Philharmonie, Wolfgang HofmannAlbum
Konzert Für Violine Und Orchester In D-dur / Serenata Notturna In D-dur KV. 239 / Allegro In D-dur KV. 245Luigi Boccherini / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Helmut Heller, Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim Unter Der Leitung Von Wolfgang HofmannAlbum
Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester F-Dur Hob. XVII No. 3 / Klaviersonate C-Moll Hob.XVI No.20Joseph Haydn - Nürnberger Symphoniker, Wolfgang Hofmann, Rose Marie ZartnerAlbum
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