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Heinrich Hofmann: Trennung (Separation), Op.52 No.4

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a piece from Heinrich Hofmann's set of six piano pieces 'Der Trompeter von Säkkingen' (1880).
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Hofmann (1842-1902) was a German composer, born in Berlin, and well-known in his lifetime for orchestral works and operas. He is mainly remembered today for shorter piano works, some of which are still used for educational purposes. Hofmann's 'The Trumpeter of Sakkingen' (originally written for piano duet, I believe) was inspired by the eponymous (and hugely popular) 1854 poem by the German poet Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826-86).  Here is the section illustrated by this piece - which appears as one of Margarita's songs in the poem:

"Jetzt ist er hinaus in die weite Welt,
Hat keinen Abschied genommen,
Du frischer Spielmann in Wald und Feld,
Du Sonne, die meinen Tag erhellt,
Wann wirst du mir wieder kommen?"

"He went far away through the world to sail,
Nor was farewell to me spoken,
Thou playful minstrel through wood and dale,
Thou sun that brightens my weary days,
When shall thy silence be broken?" (Translation by JA Homan).

This verse was set to music by several German composers, including Humperdinck, and the whole poem was used as the basis of an opera by Victor Nessler.

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