Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major authors of the Romantic movement. Hoffmann, Maurice Sendak, Ralph Manheim: 9780517552858: : Books Skip to main content. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler. Hoffmann, Maurice Sendak, Ralph Manheim on. He is also the author of the novella The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, on which the famous ballet The Nutcracker is based.

His stories form the basis of Jacques Offenbach's famous opera The Tales of Hoffmann, in which Hoffman appears (heavily fictionalized) as the hero. Read more Unlike the ballet, we also learn what happens when the young. Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. Hoffmann's 1816 book, Alan Cumming recounts the origin story of how a prince got put into a nutcracker. Hoffmann's stories were very influential during the 19th century, and he is one of the major author Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E. The ballet Coppélia is based on two other stories that Hoffmann wrote, while Schumann's Kreisleriana is based on Hoffmann's character Johannes Kreisler.

Hoffmann (Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann), was a German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draftsman and caricaturist. Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann, better known by his pen name E.

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