'''E.T.A. Hoffmann''' (Ernst Theodore Amadeus) (1776-1822), German novelist, essayist and composer - whose works were the principle literary force behind the onset of “romanticism” in music - was a government official with a binding love of opera and drama. | '''E.T.A. Hoffmann''' (Ernst Theodore Amadeus) (1776-1822), German novelist, essayist and composer - whose works were the principle literary force behind the onset of “romanticism” in music - was a government official with a binding love of opera and drama. |