Introduction

Biography

Erik was the son of black­smith Er­ik Chris­tian Hoff and Anne So­phie Tor­sten­sen, and hus­band of Berte Ma­lene Ja­kob­sen.

A gra­du­ate of the Stord se­mi­na­ry, he sang in the Kors­kirk­en choir in Ber­gen, and stu­died or­gan and mu­sic the­ory in Vo­gel.

In 1860, he moved to Hal­me­strand, where he taught two years be­fore tak­ing an­oth­er teach­ing post in Os­lo.

He con­duct­ed sev­er­al choirs in Os­lo, and be­came or­gan­ist at the Gar­i­son­kirke in 1864. King Os­car fre­quent­ly went to the Gar­i­son­kirke to hear Hoff play, and en­cour­aged him to pro­duce a cho­rale book.

Works

• Hoffs Me­lo­di­bog, 1878 (con­tained 265 tunes)