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HOFMANN, JOSEF, Pianist
T was in 1888 a little Polish boy of ten climbed I upon a piano stool in a New York Concert Hall
and started the career of the greatest boy prodigy of his day and, in the opinion of many, the greatest pianist the world has ever known. “Beyond belief,” people exclaimed as Josef Hofmann began to improvise on themes sent up from the audience. Season after season found Hofmann the continuous miracle of the musical world. England and Continental Europe had but time to gasp at Josef Hofmann the boy’s powers when he disappeared from the TeCOTE Sa CXC DSC OE concert stage for several years—to study. It was not until 1897 that Mr. Hofmann resumed the life of a concert virtuoso and it has never been disputed that his re-entry gave the world one of the few great pianists of the century. The keen intelligence and stupendous technique exhibited as a young man Hofmann has developed almost beyond believable perfection. The latest interesting development in Hofmann’s career is his admission that the concerto and various piano compositions which have recently been published over the authorship of Dvorsky are his own! ‘There is nothing possible on the piano which is not possible to Hofmann.
Twelve-Inch: $1.50
A6045 Valse Brillante, Opus 34, No. 1. (Chopin.) Hunting Song. (Mendelssohn.) La Jongleuse. (Moszkowski.)
A5419 Polonaise in A Major, Opus 40, No. 1. (Chopin.) Valse Caprice. (Rubinstein.)
A5755 Etude in C Minor. (Sternberg.) Prelude in G Minor. (Rachmaninoff.)
A5915 Venezia e Napoli. (Liszt.) Minuet in G. (Paderewski.)
A6078 Rondo Capriccioso. (Mendelssohn.) Berceuse. (Chopin.)
A6125 Valse Gracile. (Parker.) Birds at Dawn. (Dillon.) Prelude in C Sharp Minor. (Rachmaninoff.) Ten-Inch: $1.00
A2434 Butterfly. (Papillon.) (Grieg.) Spinning Song. (Mendelssohn.)
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