DAVID HOFFMEISTER THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE YOU BUY

Hoffmeister’s publishing activities arrived at a peak in 1791, but thereafter appeared to take a back seat to composition. The majority of his operas were being composed and staged in the early 1790s, and this, combined with an apparent lack of company sense, led to a noticeable drop in creation. In 1799 Hoffmeister as well as flautist Franz Thur