Roman Hoffstetter [SEP] place of death
Roman Hoffstetter
Roman Hoffstetter (born 24 April 1742, in Laudenbach, near Bad Mergentheim, Germany; died: 21 May (Baker's) or June ("New Grove" 2nd) 1815, in Miltenberg-am-Main, Germany; alternative spelling "Romanus Hoffstetter") was a classical composer and Benedictine monk who also admired Joseph Haydn almost to the point of imitation. Hoffstetter wrote "everything that flows from Haydn's pen seems to me so beautiful and remains so imprinted on my memory that I cannot
Gustav III, and on through to Kraus's death. Hoffstetter corresponded with both Kraus, and his early biographer, Swedish diplomat Fredrik Samuel Silverstolpe, who put him in touch with his idol, Haydn. Nine of these letters, written in 1800 to 1802, have been preserved in Silverstolpe's collection at Uppsala University library. [Unverricht, H. "Die Beide Hoffstetter," 1968]
Literature.
- Marshall J. Fine: "The viola concertos of Fr. Roman Hofstetter, OSB. A new edition based on