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Andreas Hofer

Born: c. 1629, Reichenhall, Germany

Died: 25th February 1684, Salzburg, Austria

Nationality: German

Andreas Hofer was a German composer of the Baroque period.

Hofer was born at Reichenhall. He was a contemporary of Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, whose predecessor he was in Salzburg in his office of Inspector and Hofkapellmeister, i.e., director of the court orchestra. Like Biber, Hofer was noted for his large-scale polychoral sacred works.

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