Melchior Hoffmann (composer)

Melchior Hoffmann
Early 18th-century manuscript copy, likely written by Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, of the "Traversa" part of Hoffmann's c. 1707 Magnificat in A minor (BWV Anh. 21, formerly attributed to Bach).[1]
Born	c1679 (1679-11-15UTC19:00:42) Bärenstein, now Altenberg, Saxony
Died	6 October 1715 (1715-10-07) Leipzig
Other names	Georg Melchior Hoffmann
Occupations	Composer Educator
Spouse	Margaretha Elisabeth Philipp

Georg Melchior Hoffmann (c. 1679 – 6 October 1715) was a Baroque composer who was influential as the leader at the Collegium Musicum in Leipzig. Some of his compositions have been mistaken for those of Johann Sebastian Bach.