b. 1939d. 2017
William M. Hoffman
William M. Hoffman is primarily a playwright and librettist, but he also wrote the text for John Corigliano's song cycle The Cloisters.
About
Hoffman, a native of New York City, first received critical acclaim for his play As Is of 1985, one of the first pieces of theater to address AIDS. He was commissioned to write the libretto for Corigliano’s opera The Ghosts of Versailles, which received great critical acclaim. Hoffman is also an editor of the anthology Gay Plays: A First Collection and teaches at The City University of New York.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Songs
Christmas at the Cloisters1965 · The CloistersJohn CoriglianoWilliam M. HoffmanFort Tryon Park: September1965 · The CloistersJohn CoriglianoWilliam M. HoffmanScrew Spring1968Richard HundleyWilliam M. HoffmanSong to the Witch of the Cloisters1965 · The CloistersJohn CoriglianoWilliam M. HoffmanThe Cloisters1965John CoriglianoWilliam M. HoffmanThe Unicorn1965 · The CloistersJohn CoriglianoWilliam M. Hoffman
Sheet Music
Songs from The Cloisters
John Corigliano
1. Fort Tryon Park: September
2. Song to the Witch of the Cloisters
3. Christmas at the Cloisters
4. The Unicorn
2. Song to the Witch of the Cloisters
3. Christmas at the Cloisters
4. The Unicorn