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Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner

Fantasy Pieces in Callot's Manner: Pages from the Diary of a Travelling Romantic is the first prose collection by the Prussian writer E. T. A. Hoffmann, consisting of fantastical short stories, novellas and music criticism. It was published in four volumes in 1814–1815 and in a revised two-volume version in 1819.

Contents
1819 version: First volume • Preface by Jean Paul (Vorrede von Jean Paul) • "Jaques Callot" • "Ritter Gluck" (Ritter Gluck. Eine Erinnerung aus dem Jahre 1809) • "" (Kreisleriana (Erster Theil). Nro. 1 – 6) • "The Kapellmeister's Musical Sorrows (Johannes Kreisler's, des Kapellmeisters, musikalische Leiden) • "Ombra Adorata!" • "Thoughts on the Great Value of Music" (Gedanken über den hohen Werth der Musik) • "Beethoven's Instrumental Music" (Beethovens Instrumental-Musik) • "Extremely Random Thoughts" (Höchst zerstreute Gedanken) • "The Compleat Stage Manager" (Der vollkommene Maschinist) • "Don Juan" (Don Juan. Eine fabelhafte Begebenheit, die sich mit einem reisenden Enthusiasten zugetragen) • "" (Nachricht von den neuesten Schicksalen des Hundes Berganza) Second volume • "" (Der Magnetiseur. Eine Familienbegebenheit) • "The Golden Pot: A Modern Fairy Tale" (Der goldne Topf. Ein Mährchen aus der neuen Zeit. [In zwölf Vigilien]) • "" (Die Abentheuer der Sylvester-Nacht)) • "Kreisleriana: [Second Section]" (Kreisleriana (Zweiter Theil)) • "Baron Wallborn to Kapellmeister Kreisler" (Brief des Barons Wallborn an den Kapellmeister Kreisler) (by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué) • "Kapellmeister Kreisler to Baron Wallborn" (Brief des Kapellmeisters Kreisler an den Baron Wallborn) • "Kreisler's Musical-Poetic Club" (Kreislers musikalisch-poetischer Klubb) • "Report from an Educated Young Man" (Nachricht von einem gebildeten jungen Mann) • "The Music Hater" (Der Musikfeind) • "On a Remark by Sacchini and On the Effect of Music" (Ueber einen Ausspruch Sacchini’s, und über den sogenannten Effekt in der Musik) • "Johannes Kreisler's Apprentice Letter" (Johannes Kreislers Lehrbrief) The original version incorporated the beginning of the novella '''' in "Kreisler's Musical-Poetic Club". The 1819 version omitted this story. ==Publication==
Publication
Much of the material had been published previously in periodicals. The collection was published in four volumes by in Bamberg in 1814 and 1815, and in a revised two-volume version in 1819. Kunze was also the one who got Jean Paul to write a preface. ==Legacy==
Legacy
The book established the model for stories that Hoffmann would follow and develop further in his collections Night Pieces (1816–1817) and The Serapion Brethren (1819–1821). ==References==
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