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Born at 's Keyboard Works in 14 volumes, in 1802. Wanting to concentrate on composition, Hoffmeister moved out of the publishing business in 1806.

A prolific composer, he produced 66 Symphonies , 60 Concerto s, at least eight Opera s, and many chamber works, including 50 conventional String Quartet s. His output includes over 350 works for the Flute , including at least 25 flute concertos. Hoffmeister was highly respected during his lifetime, as can be seen in the entry, published in the year of his death, in Gerber 's ''Neues Lexikon der Tonkünstler'':

If you were to take a glance at his many and varied works, then you would have to admire the diligence and the cleverness of this composer.... He earned for himself a well-deserved and wide-spread reputation through the original content of his works, which are not only rich in emotional expression but also distinguished by the interesting and suitable use of instruments and through good practicability. For this last trait we have to thank his knowledge of instruments, which is so evident that you might think that he was a virtuoso on all of the instruments for which he wrote.



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  • Clive, Peter, ''Mozart and His Circle: A Biographical Dictionary'' (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993), pp. 160-161

  • Lawford-Hinrichsen, Irene, ''Music Publishing and Patronage: C. F. Peters: 1800 to the Holocaust'' (Kenyon: Edition Press, 2000), pp. 3-7