A tribute to E.T.A. Hoffmann: a German writer, philosopher, music critic and composer, who was a major influence on the Romantic movement in literature and music through fostering the artistic development of Schumann and Brahms and many other major composers and writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. Music by Hoffmann, Schumann, Brahms, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky/Pletnev and Mannes composer Keaton Hoy. Dramatic readings from works by E.T.A. Hoffmann.