Ernst
Hoffmann
(1776-1822)
Other names: Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann,[J92]
Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann,[J92]
E.T.A. Hoffmann[J92]
Biographical
Writer, composer, and painter.[J92]
Educated in law.[J92]
A Prussian law officer in the Polish provinces, 1800-06.[J92]
Changed one of his middle names in homage to W.A. Mozart, c. 1813.[J92]
Conductor, critic, and theatrical musical director in Bamberg and Dresden,
1806-14.[J92]
Became a writer of mostly fantasy and Gothic horror stories.[J92]
Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Delibes' Coppélia, Wagner's
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Hindemith's Cardillac,
and Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann are based on his stories.[J92]
Place of birth: Königsberg, Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia)[J92]
Place of death: Berlin[J92] |