Richard Hofmann (30 April 1844 – 11 November 1918) was a
Germancomposer and music teacher who worked in
Leipzig.
Richard Hofmann was born in
Delitzsch where his father was the municipal music director. He studied with
Raimund Dreyschock (1824–1869) and
Salomon Jadassohn and settled in Leipzig as a music teacher.[1] He was Professor at
Leipzig Conservatory and leader of the Leipzig Choral Society.
Hofmann composed numerous instructive pieces for piano, string and wind instruments. Among his literary works are Katechismus der Musikinstrumente (A Catechism of Musical Instruments) published in 1890, and Praktische Instrumentationslehre (Practical Instrumentation, translated by
Robin Humphrey Legge) of 1893.[2]