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Hoffman, Richard

also:

 Hoffmann   (Source: 1)
 Andrews, Richard   (Source: 2)

piano, composer, educator


born: 24 May 1831 Manchester, England Source: 3  

died: 17 Aug 1909 Mount Kisco, New York / state, USA Source: 3  
died: ------------ New York / city, USA Source: 2  

active from: 1847 United States Source: 4  

Concerts:


00 Oct 1886 Boston, Massachusetts / state, USA Source: 5  
13 Aug 1894 unknown Source: 5  
17 Aug 1894 unknown Source: 5  
12 Aug 1901 unknown Source: 5  

The Music Sack has 39 items with information about Richard Hoffman:


 1994

Jackson, Richard
The First American-Music Group.

p. 71 In:
Heintze, James R.
American musical life in context and practice to 1865
Edited by Jame R. Heintze
New York: Garland, 1994, 366 p.

Number of People : 73


 1986

Sadie, Stanley
Hitchcock, H. Wiley
The new Grove dictionary of American music
edited by H. Wiley Hitchcock and Stanley Sadie
New York, N.Y. : Grove's Dictionaries of Music, 1986. 4 v.

Number of People : 3,993


 1985

Wilson, Lyle G.
A dictionary of pianists
London: Robert Hale, 1985

Number of People : 2,597


 1984

Gillespie, Johan
Gillespie, Anna
A bibliography of nineteenth-century American piano music.
With location sources and composer biography-index
Johan Gillespie and Anna Gillespie
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1984
      (Series: Music Reference Collection; 2)

Number of People : 242


 1982 Source: 5

Kehler, George
The piano in concert
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1982, 1431 p.

Number of People : 2,682


 1980 Source: 3

Sadie, Stanley
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
London: Macmillan, 1980

Number of People : 20,506


 1974

Rosner, Helmut
Bulling, Burchard
Frank, Paul
Noetzel, Florian
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon
Fortfuhrt von Burchard Bulling, Florian Noetzel, Helmut Rosner
Wilhelmshaven: Heinrichshofen, 1974
       Note: Zweiter Teil: Erganzungen und Erweiterungen seit 1937

Number of People : 16,276


 1974

Claghorn, Charles Eugene
Biographical dictionary of American music
West Nyack, N.Y.: Parker Pub. Co., 1974, 491 p.

Number of People : 3,156


 1973

Krueger, Karl
The musical heritage of the United States
The unknown portion
New York: Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage, 1973, 237 p.

Number of People : 59


 1963

Schonberg, Harold C.
The great pianists
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963

Number of People : 367


 1954

Lyons, James
Howard, John Tasker
Our American music : three hundred years of it
Third edition, revised and reset.
With supplementary chapters by James Lyons
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1954, 841 p.

Number of People : 649

More Details : (1 Section)


 1941

Bio-bibliographical index of musicians in the United States of America since colonial times
Prepared by the District of Columbia Historical Records Survey Division of Community Service Programs Works project Administration
Washington, DC: 1941, 439 p.

Number of People : 10,576


 1940

Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Fourth edition revised and enlarged
New York: G. Schirmer, 1940

Number of People : 6,835


 1936 Source: 2

Frank, Paul
Altmann, Wilhelm
Kurzgefasstes Tonkunstler Lexikon : fur Musiker und Freunde der Musik
Begrundet von Paul Frank
Neu bearbeitet und erganzt von Wilhelm Altmann
Regensburg: Gustave Bosse, 1936, 730 p.

Number of People : 17,230


 1933

Les musiciens europeens aux Etats Unis et les musiciens americains en Europe

Chapitre II In:
Chateau, Earl
Histoire du developpement des orchestres symphoniques aux Etats Unis
Par Earl Chateau
Strasbourg: Librairie Universitaire d'Alsace, 1933, 259 p.
       Note: These pour le Doctorat d'Universite (Mention Lettres). Presentee a la Faculte des Lettres de l'Universite de Strasbourg

Number of People : 31


 1930 Source: 1

Upton, William Treat
Art-song in America
A study in the development of American music
By William Treat Upton
Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1930

Number of People : 124


 1924

Bekker, Leander Jan de
Black's dictionary of music & musicians ... from earliest times to 1924 ...
London: 1924

Number of People : 1,435


 1921

[obituary]
Musical Times, 1921

Number of People : 46


 1920

Boyd, Charles N.
Pratt, Waldo Selden
Grove's dictionary of music and musicians. American supplement ...
Edited by Waldo S. Pratt. Associate editor: Charles N. Boyd.
New York: 1920

Number of People : 1,335


 1919

Niemann, Walter
Meister des Klaviers
Berlin: Verlegt bei Schuster Loeffler, 1919

Number of People : 176


 1919

Remy, Alfred
Baker, Theodore
Baker's biographical dictionary of musicians
Third edition
Revised and enlarged by Alfred Remy, M.A.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1919, 1094 p.

Number of People : 7,067


 1915

Elson, Louis Charles
The history of American music
Revised edition
By Louis C. Elson
New York: MacMillan Company, 1915, 387 p.

Number of People : 107


 1911

Baltzell, Winton J.
Baltzell's dictionary of musicians ...
Boston, MA: 1911

Number of People : 748


 1910

Hoffman, Richard
Some musical recollections of fifty years : with biographical sketch by his wife
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1910, 168 p.

Number of People : 1


 1909

Herringshaw, Thomas W.
Herringshaw's national library of American biography, etc ...
Chicago: 1909-14, 5 vols.

Number of People : 683


 1908

Who's who in America.
A biographical dictionary of notable living men and women of the United States.1908-1909 ...
Chicago: 1908-09

Number of People : 387


 1904

Smith, Benjamin E.
The century cyclopedia of names a pronouncing and etymological dictionary of names in geography, biography ...
Edited by Benjamin E. Smith.
New York: 1904

Number of People : 45


 1900

Baker, Theodore
Biographical dictionary of musicians
Compiled and edited by Theodore Baker, Ph.D.
New York: G. Schirmer, 1900, 653 p.

Number of People : 5,682

More Details : (1 Section)


 1900

Corey, N.J.
How Many Are Musical
Musician, 5, 1900, p. 375-77

Number of People : 13


 1899

Leonard, John William
Who's who in America.
A biographical dictionary of living men and women of the United States. 1899-1900 ...
Edited by John W. Leonard.
Chicago: 1899-1900.

Number of People : 184


 1897

American Pianists, IX : Richard Hoffman
Musician, 2, 1897, p. 229

Number of People : 1


 1897

Stratton, Stephen Samuel
Brown, James D.
British musical biography.
A dictionary of musical artists, authors and composers born in Britain and its colonies.
By James D. Brown and Stephen S. Stratton
Birmingham: S.S. Stratton, 1897, 462 p.

Number of People : 4,164


 1889

Supplementary dictionary of American musicians

p. 701-715 In:
Mathews, William Smith Babcock
A hundred years of music in America
An account of musical effort in America
Chicago: 1889, 715 p.

Number of People : 289


 1888

Champlin, J.D.
Cyclopedia of music and musicians ...
New York: 1888-90, 3 vols.

Number of People : 596


 1888

Fiske, John
Wilson, James Grant
Appletons' cyclopaedia of American biography ...
Edited by James Grant Wilson and John a Fiske.
New York: 1888, 87, 6 vols.

Number of People : 207


 1886

Matthews, James B. (editor)
Hutton, Laurence (editor)
Actors and actresses of Great Britian and the United States from ... Garrick to the present time ...
New York: 1886, 5 vols.

Number of People : 12


 1886

Brown, James Duff
Biographical dictionary of musicians.
With a bibliography of English writings on music
Paisley, Scotland: A. Gardner, 1886, 637 p.

Number of People : 4,300


 1886

Jones, F.O.
A handbook of American music and musicians
Containing biographies of American musicians. And histories of the principal musical institutions, firms and societies.
Canaseraga, NY: 1886, 182 p.

Number of People : 309


 1880

Biographies of American Musicians
Number Twenty-seven
Richard Hoffman
Brainard's Musical World, 17, 1880, p. 2

Number of People : 1


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