Hoffmeister - Viola Concerto in D-Major

 

Hoffmeister 

(12 May 1754 – 9 February 1812)

 German composer and music publisher.

Hoffmeister’s reputation today rests mainly on his activities as a music publisher. By 1785 he had established one of Vienna’s first music publishing businesses, second only to Artaria & Co, which had ventured into the field five years earlier.

Hoffmeister published his own works as well as those of many important composers of the time, including Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf and Johann Baptist Wanhal. These famous composers were also among Hoffmeister's personal friends: Mozart dedicated his String Quartet in D to him and Beethoven addressed him in a letter as my "most beloved brother

 

Viola Concerto in D-Major

 

Dresdner Kapellsolisten. Nils Mönkemeyer, viola. Helmut Branny, director.

 

I. Allegro (0:00)
II. Adagio (8:43)
III. Rondo (16:24)

 

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Prominent in Hoffmeister’s extensive oeuvre are works for the flute, including more than

25 concertos as well as chamber works with the flute in a leading role. Many of these works

would have been composed with Vienna’s growing number of amateur musicians in mind, for

whom the flute was one of the most favoured instruments. Hoffmeister also composed at least

eight operas, over 50 symphonies, numerous concertos (including an often-played concerto for

the viola), a large amount of string chamber music, piano music and several collections of songs.