Andreas Hofer (ca. 1629 – 25 February 1684) was a German composer of the Baroque period.
Hofer was born at Reichenhall. He was a contemporary of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, whose predecessor he was in Salzburg in his office of Inspector and Hofkapellmeister, i.e., director of the court orchestra.Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde, vol. 29, Salzburg 1942 p. 193 Like Biber, Hofer was noted for his large-scale polychoral sacred works. It has been suggested that Hofer was the composer of the famous Missa Salisburgensis à 53 voci, which earlier had been attributed to Orazio Benevoli,cf. Orazio Benevoli, Missa Salisburgensis 1628 (facsimile), Salzburg-Munich: Pustet, 1969 although it is now accepted that it was the work of Biber.Ernst Hintermaier, 'Missa Salisburgensis'. Neue Erkenntnisse über Entstehung, Autor und Zweckbestimmung, in: Musicologica Austriaca 1 (1977), pp. 154–196.
Hofer died at Salzburg. His compositions contain significant roles for instruments like the cornetto, trombone or sackbut and trumpet. Little of his music has been performed or recorded in recent times; several scores, however, have been made available.
Compositions Missa Archi Episcopalis à 19: 8 Voci Concertati SSAA/TTBB, 2 Violini, 2 Viole, 2 Cornetti, 2 Trombettae ("Clarini"), 3 Tromboni, Organo con Violone (1668?) Score, ed. Werner Jaksch, 2008. Preface, p. I, PDF Missa valete: SSATB, 2 Violini, 2 Viole, 2 Trombettae, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, Organo, Violone. Dextera Domini à 17: SATB, SATB, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, 4 Viole da Braccia, Organo. Fundata est Domus (De Dedicatione) à 12: SSATTB in concerto, SSATTB in ripieno, 2 Violini, 2 Viole, 2 Cornetti, Organo (with opening Sonata). Gaudeamus exultemus à 15: SATB, SATB, 4 Viole da Braccia, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, Organo. Estote fortes in bello à 15: SATB, SATB, 2 Violini, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, Organo Dixit Dominus: SATB concertato & ripieno, SATB concertato & ripieno, 2 Violini o 2 Cornetti, 3 Viole o 3 Tromboni, Organo. Magnificat à 17 (with Sonata): SATB, SATB, 4 Viole, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, Organo. Te Deum laudamus à 23: SATB, SATB, 2 Violini, 2 Viole, 5 Trombettae, Timpani, 2 Cornetti, 3 Tromboni, Organo.
Available Salmi e motetti: Laetatus sum, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2008 Salmi e motetti: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domus, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2007 Salmi e motetti: Cum iucunditate cantemus, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2007 Musikalische Vesper (recording), Kassel: Rainer Kahleyss, P 2007 Salmi e motetti: Laudate pueri Dominum, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, 2004 Salmi e motetti: Confitebor tibi Domine Salmi e motetti: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall 2004 Psalmen und Motetten (1654) / (selection) Lauda Jerusalem Dominum, Magdeburg: Edition Walhall, c 2004, Partitur, Stimmen Nisi Dominus Missa "Valete", Altötting: Alfred Coppenrath, c 1990 Te Deum, Vienna: Universal-Edition, 1980 Psalmi brevi, Vienna : Universal-Edition, 1979 c, 1. ed.
See also Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Pavel Josef Vejvanovský Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Joannes Baptista Dolar Johann Joseph Fux Orazio Benevoli Salzburg Kroměříž Reichenhall Moravia Polychoral Colossal Baroque Cornett Cornettino Natural trumpet Trombone Sackbut
References
Further reading M. W. Barndt-Webb, Andreas Hofer. His Life and Music. PhD thesis, University of Illinois, 1972. Ernst Hintermaier, Missa Salisburgensis. Neue Erkenntnisse über Entstehung, und Zweckbestimmung, in: Musicologica Austriaca 1 (1977), . Jürg Stenzl, Ernst Hintermaier (ed.), Salzburger Musikgeschichte: vom Mittelalter bis ins 21. Jahrhundert Salzburg-Munich : Pustet 2005, Karl Weinmann, Andreas Hofer. In Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, vol I, 1918. Chris Woodstra, Gerald Brennan, Allen Schrott, All Music Guide to Classical Music: the definitive guide to classical music San Francisco, CA : Backbeat Books 2005
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