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Roman Hoffstetter
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Roman Hoffstetter (born: April 24, 1742, in Bad Mergentheim, Germany; died: May 21, 1815, in Miltenberg-am-Main, Germany; alternate spelling Roman(us) Hofstetter) was a classical composer and Benedictine monk who also admired Joseph Haydn almost to the point of imitation. Some of his compositions – namely the six String Quartets of Opus 3 including the Andante cantabile of No. 5 in F Major known as Haydn's Serenade – were mistakenly attributed to his famed contemporary. He published two other sets of string quartets (Op. 1 by Diller and Hummel in 1771 and Op. 2 about 1782) under his own name. In addition there exist between two and three single quartets in manuscript form. Hoffstetter took his vows as Pater Romanus at the Benedictine monastery in Amorbach in 1763, and remained there until the monastery was secularized in 1803. Nothing is known about his early training or life, though it is likely that he came from a musical family. He succeeded in due time to the position of Regens chori (choir director), also functioning as an organist and on-call parish priest for smaller churches in the Odenwald region, although his principal position at the monastery was as culinary overseer (Küchenmeister). Besides his string quartets (which have had to be carefully researched for stylistic earmarks that distinguish them clearly from Haydn), Hoffstetter composed at least ten Masses (several of which are preserved at the Archdiocesian Archives in Würzburg), as well as a number of smaller
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String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob. III:17: II. Andante cantabile
4,3952String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Andante cantabile (Serenade)
1,9143String Quartet in F major, Op.3, No.5 (formerly attrib. J. Haydn): Andante cantabile
2734String Quartet in F Major, Hob.III:17: II. Andante Cantabile
2715String Quartet in F, H.III No.17, Op.3 No.5 - "Serenade": 2. Andante cantabile
2466Hoffstetter: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Andante cantabile "Serenade" (Formerly Attributed to Haydn as Hob. III:17)
2147String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3, No. 5 (formerly Attrib. J. Haydn): Andante Cantabile
2058String Quartet In F Major, Hob.III No.17, Op.3 No.5 - "Serenade": II. Andante cantabile
1979String Quartet in F Major (Prev. Attrib. Haydn as Op. 3 No. 5): II. Andante cantabile "Serenade"
10310String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5, Hob. III:17: II. Serenade. Andante cantabile
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String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3 No. 5: II. Andante cantabile (Serenade)
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