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In Focus: A c.1740 viola by Johann Christian Hoffmann

2024-10-25T09:45:00

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Alex Krieger examines a viola by one of the best-known German luthiers

Johann Christian Hoffmann was one of Germany’s most renowned makers of stringed instruments, both plucked and bowed, during the Baroque period. He produced the finest works of the early German school. During the late 17th century, the musical life of Leipzig and central Germany was shaped by the Hoffmann family of instrument makers: Martin Hoffmann and his sons Johann Christian and Christian Gottlieb…

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