![]() But words bore no such aura and were consequently free to fiddle with, unencumbered with self-imposed restrictions. ![]() ![]() Peter Wortsman, editor and translator of “The Golden Pot,” writes in his studious but accessible afterword: “Music constituted for Hoffmann a kind of sacred spell and as such may have proved too holy, too precious, too ineffable to toy and tinker with. He made some lasting contributions to the history of music criticism, while his own compositions (dozens of operas, chamber pieces and other works) failed to make much of a mark. Hoffmann found refuge in literature, visual art and music, and excelled at all of them, though he loved music best. By all accounts it was a deeply dysfunctional household. ![]() After his parents separated when he was 2 years old, his father left town, so Hoffmann and his mother - an extreme depressive - moved in with her mother and three unmarried siblings. Hoffmann was born in Königsberg, Prussia (now part of Russia), in 1776. ![]()
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