Mannes Sounds: The Fantasy World of E.T.A. Hoffmann and His Influence

Curated by John Hargraves, Ph.D

A tribute to E.T.A. Hoffmann: a German writer, philosopher, music critic and composer, who was a major influence on the Romantic movement in literature and music through fostering the artistic development of Schumann and Brahms and many other major composers and writers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Music by Hoffmann, Schumann, Brahms, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev and Mannes young composers. Dramatic readings from works by E.T.A. Hoffmann.

Presented by the College of Performing Arts at The New School.