Melchior Hoffmann | |
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![]() Early 18th-century manuscript copy, likely written by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, of the "Traversa" part of Hoffmann's c. 1707 Magnificat in A minor (BWV Anh. 21, formerly attributed to Bach).[1] | |
Born | c1679 |
Died | 6 October 1715 Leipzig |
Other names | Georg Melchior Hoffmann |
Occupations | |
Spouse | Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp |
Georg Melchior Hoffmann (c. 1679 – 6 October 1715) was a Baroque composer who was influential as the leader at the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig. Some of his compositions have been mistaken for those of Johann Sebastian Bach.