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Igo Hofstetter

Igo Hofstetter (1 June 1926, in Linz – 2 March 2002, in Linz) was an Austrian operetta composer. He became known primarily for his operettas Roulette der Herzen and Schach dem Boss and his upscale

Igo Hofstetter (1 June 1926, in Linz – 2 March 2002, in Linz) was an Austrian operetta composer. He became known primarily for his operettas Roulette der Herzen and Schach dem Boss and his upscale entertainment and brass music. His compositions are characterized by their distinctive rhythms. Career He studied composition with Fritz Heinrich Klein and conducted with Louis Leschetitzky at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz. In addition to his composing activities, he was a music teacher until his retirement in 1986. He was a board member of the International Operetta Company and Federal Council in Brucknerbund. For many years he worked as a sound engineer and a freelancer of the ORF. The Upper Austrian Brass Band Association chose the incidental music from the operetta “Roulette der Herzen” (Arrangement for wind orchestra by Josef Hartl) in the 1995/96 season in the series of compulsory pieces level C. The main part of his work was in the field of operetta, the upscale entertainment music and brass bands. His operettas “Roulette der Herzen”, “Alles spricht von Charpillon” and “Schach dem Boss” were translated in several foreign languages and were in various theatres for several ye

Era
Post-War
Lived
1926–2002
From
Austria
Born in
Linz · died Linz
Known as
composer

Contemporaries

Composers of the same nationality whose working lives overlapped — computed across all 11,984 dated composers in this library, not taken from any single article.