Hofmann - The Sanctuary

[paulinaluc]

wow, I love it, it's so lively and beautiful!

[aardvaark069]

You should at least tell people that this is a DUO-ART piano roll recording.

[shishirth]

A sparkling piece of music!!!

[SharkRetriver]

Usually I do not listen to modern music, but when I do, I listen to this.

[ConcertoInX]

Did anyone else notice there are no bars? O.o

[davtones]

@ConcertoInX Its in "free time".

[Chakiejan]

Ok so I have called the local big sheet music suppliers such as Long & McQuade etc, but no one has this music and they cannot find a publisher currently publishing it. Is there a way I can get a copy of this online or directly to my email from you? I would be incredibly grateful as it would save me from having to write this whole thing out by hand. Can anyone please help? Thank you.

[Bochum96]

@Chakiejan

Here, i found one :)

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[Kalen1457]

Why is there no time signature?

[2hyeok]

@Kalen1457 beacuse evwen to me it would be frustrating to see each notes beeat and count thwem

[Chakiejan]

Adam he's just fluttering the pedal. Unfortunately the effect is hard to notice on this recording. Maybe live it would be better. Or maybe if I had better headphones?

[shishirth]

Brilliant!

[adamsrj06]

What is the sound in between the arpeggios? Such as at 0:08 , it sounds as though the pianist is repeatedly pressing and depressing one of the pedals.

[Jim0734]

Reminds me of Chopin in places (an etude in F or F# I think)

[Eztoez]

Search youtube for "Josef Hofmann plays Hofmann The Sanctuary " - original recording of Hofmann himself playing this

[Eztoez]

Wonderful piece of music! Need 3 hands at 1,20!

[Chakiejan]

Takes you on a very intense journey.... I feel so uplifted.

[FlyingBlackAndWhite]

tried this piece and got owned pretty fast.

Hoffman is some genius alright!

[cedricrlongreen]

Oooooooooooo

[robert982]

Hi musicaignotus, once again great post. Who is the pianist?

[CammehYaBams]

Wow, fighting over a solitary musical note! There's a first. I personally have a grudge against middle C. Sitting there. Giving me the evils. I think he's arrogant...

[pghagen]

What an amazing piece!! Unfortunately only a few compositions of Hofmann are well known. I mention the Kaleidoscope Op. 40 so very well played by the Hofmann pupil Shura Cherkassky. There are 2 renditions on Y.T. i noticed. Shame these pieces are not played in the concert-halls anymore these days

[Litawyn]

@ch252525 You consider yourself a music critic because you think you noticed a wrong note in someone's performance? You're clearly deluded. If you want to critique someone's playing, say something substantive, otherwise STFU.

[SepiaLatimanus]

God damn it ravel

[arsviatticae]

@SepiaLatimanus Ravel is very different from this, no, no Ravel here. If you mean these harp-like structures, why necessarily Ravel? No Ravel has popped up my mind throughout the entire piece. I think of Ravel when listening to Grieg, lol)

[thespleenenator]

I think there was a mistake at around 0:28

[ImCalebRosengard]

@thespleenenator after checking the scores... and listening it a lot... I think the same, though I'm really not sure

[Litawyn]

@thespleenenator Then post a file of yourself playing it flawlessly, or else just STFU.

[cowheadcow]

@Litawyn I'd say the spleenenator was probably making a joke.

[ImCalebRosengard]

One of the few fast songs that I acctually find beautiful

[ImCalebRosengard]

Where did you find this Sheet music?

[4candles]

Incredible!

[TripleRhu]

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[TheExarion]

That stuff is too easy... well, you know the first measure is...

[huzzzzzzahh]

@TheExarion and then the second measure is about 2 minutes long

[TheExarion]

@huzzzzzzahh xD ikr

[Robbledinooo]

Would you possibly have the year this was written?? thanks

[aardvaark069]

Try the live acoustic recording. It's on here someplace. This piano roll seems poorly reproduced and mechanical.

[AlexandreJdB]

Tiens, où sont les barres de mesure?

[daveA3535]

So who is the living metronome at the piano? Great fingers; no soul. Hamelin? Try the beautiful recordings by Martin Jones of Hofmann himself.

[kmpiano1]

@daveA3535 really agreed! Puts me in the bad mood already in the introductory bar, where he cuts off the sound in the fermata. No shape, just flash, I think hamlin is better than that

[AlexandreJdB]

Great!!!!!

[ClassicalMusicFan521]

Whats the time signature?

[massimiliano123123]

@ClassicalMusicFan521 Contemporary classical music don't have time signature and key signature because of a lot of tuplets and dissonaces/clusters!

[clotter234567]

Beautiful!!! Where I can find an available cd of this music?

[clotter234567]

Beautiful!!! Where I can find an available cd of this music?

[TikiFury]

the funny thing is that this work only has two measures and yet its too good.

[RiokaSon]

Amazing..

[lovesGenet]

I was shoched that this was Hofmann.On the page it is really unconventional stilllate romantic but writing very different! JosefHofmann I presume.Genius in all departments!

[Freddyteacher]

Very skilled and gifted! Superb!

[felix0911176727]

1:19~1:37... I think I need five more fingers...

[Bochum96]

@felix0911176727

It's hard to believe, but you really need only 8 fingers for this part ;)

[SonicRules12]

The opening and the ending reminds me of the announcement jingles at shopping malls and the like. Really good.

[ultracoolhomies]

Would this be Josef Hofmann, the pianist?

[coqdorysme]

wow the sheer skill involved...

[PiaNonuTT]

This is good piano music!

[JCHBONNET]

Very spectacular !