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Hofmann, Josef (Casimir)

also:

 Hofman, Josef (Casimir)   (Source: 1)
 Dvorsky, Mishael  pseudonym

composer, Klavier, piano

The Curtis Institute (faculty) : piano



born: 20 Jan 1876 Krakow, Poland Source: 2  

born: - Podgorze, Poland Source: 3,4,5  
born: 18 Jan 1876 Source: 6  

died: 16 Feb 1957 Los Angeles, California / state, USA Source: 2  

date of Variety obit: 20 Feb 1957  

active: Baltimore, Maryland / state, USA  

Berlin Philharmonic: debut as soloist/conductor: 01 Dec 1886  

Concerts:


17 May 1887 Paris, France Source: 7  
14 Jul 1887 London, England Source: 7  
14 Nov 1887 London, England Source: 7  
29 Nov 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
01 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
04 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
06 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
08 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
13 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
15 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
22 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
27 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
31 Dec 1887 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
03 Jan 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
18 Jan 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
21 Jan 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
25 Jan 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
31 Jan 1888 New Haven, Connecticut / state, USA Source: 7  
01 Feb 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
08 Feb 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
15 Feb 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
18 Feb 1888 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
1895 Helsinki, Finland Source: 7  
04 Mar 1897 Moscow, Russia Source: 7  
03 Mar 1898 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
11 Mar 1898 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
23 Apr 1898 unknown Source: 7  

taught at: Die Wiener Musikhochschule: 1901-1929 Vienna, Austria  

18 Dec 1901 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 7  
29 Dec 1901 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
02 Jan 1902 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 7  
04 Jan 1902 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 7  
12 Feb 1904 Krakow, Poland Source: 7  
25 Dec 1904 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
16 Feb 1905 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 7  
19 Feb 1905 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 7  
12 Feb 1908 Nashville, Tennessee / state, USA Source: 7  
07 Apr 1912 Chicago, Illinois / state, USA Source: 7  
29 Oct 1913 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
28 Aug 1915 unknown Source: 7  
29 Jan 1916 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
27 Jan 1917 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
31 Jan 1917 New Haven, Connecticut / state, USA Source: 7  
14 Apr 1917 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
04 Feb 1918 Washington, D.C., USA Source: 7  
10 Mar 1918 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
25 Jan 1919 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
25 Mar 1919 Washington, D.C., USA Source: 7  
22 Nov 1919 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
08 Feb 1920 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
14 Jan 1922 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
22 Feb 1922 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
06 Apr 1923 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
16 Nov 1923 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 7  
09 Dec 1923 New York / city, USA Source: 7  

The Curtis Institute (faculty): 1924-1938 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA  

23 Nov 1925 unknown Source: 7  
18 Dec 1927 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
09 Nov 1928 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / state, USA Source: 7  
24 Mar 1929 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
15 Mar 1930 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
14 Mar 1931 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
20 Jan 1933 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
19 Mar 1933 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
05 Jan 1934 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
18 Jan 1934 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 7  
19 Jan 1935 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
18 Oct 1935 Warsaw, Poland Source: 7  
23 Jan 1936 Toronto, Ontario / province, Canada Source: 7  
08 Feb 1936 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
05 Dec 1936 Memphis, Tennessee / state, USA Source: 7  
10 Dec 1936 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / state, USA Source: 7  
30 Jan 1937 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
17 Feb 1937 New Haven, Connecticut / state, USA Source: 7  
28 Nov 1937 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
10 Apr 1938 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
10 May 1938 Krakow, Poland Source: 7  
1939-1940 Nashville, Tennessee / state, USA Source: 7  
10 Jan 1939 Ann Arbor, Michigan / state, USA Source: 7  
26 Mar 1939 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
28 Mar 1939 Ithaca, New York / state, USA Source: 7  
15 Apr 1939 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
03 Mar 1940 New York / city, USA Source: 7  
06 Nov 1940 New York / city, USA Source: 8  

The Music Sack has 73 items with information about Josef (Casimir) Hofmann:


 1995

Gillespie, Anna
Gillespie, John
Notable twentieth-century pianists
A bio-critical sourcebook
By John Gillespie and Anna Gillespie
London: Greenwood Press, 1995, 446 p.
      (Series: Bio-Critical Sourcebooks on Musical Performance)

Number of People : 99


 1994

Index of Artists
p. 1263-1325 In:
Kelly, Alan
His Master's Voice
Die Stimme seines Herrn. The German catalogue
Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1994, 1325 p.

Number of People : 2,206


 1992

Heister, Hanns-Werner
Sparrer, Walter-Wolfgang
Komponisten der Gegenwart
Edition Text+Kritik
Herausgegeben von Hanns-Werner Heister und Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer
1992

Number of People : 480


 1991

Bierley, Paul E.
Rehrig, William H.
The heritage encyclopedia of band music : composers and their music
Edited by Paul E. Bierley
William H. Rehrig
Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1991

Number of People : 8,916


 1989

Paris, Alain
Dictionnaire des interpretes : et de l'interpretation musicale au XX siecle.
Paris: Robert Laffont, 1989

Number of People : 2,306


 1989

Performer Index : Conductors
p. 547-557 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1984-1987 : based on material ... 1984 AND 1987
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1989, 639 p.

Number of People : 20,297


 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

Performer Index : Instrumentalits
p. 715-745 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews 1978-1983 : based on material ...
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1985, 873 p.

Number of People : 4,398


 1985

Schonberg, Harold C.
The glorious ones : classical music's legendary performers
New York: Times Books, 1985

Number of People : 38


 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


 1983

Husarik, Stephen
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957), the composer and pianist, with an analysis of available reproductions of his performances
Iowa (Iowa City). 1983. dissertation.

Number of People : 1


 1983

Konarkowska-Juszynska, Krystyna
Zmiennosc interpretacji pianistycznej Jozefa Hofmanna na przykladzie trzech roznych nagrai's Berceuse op. 57 Chopina.
(Die Variabilitat der pianistischen Interpretation von Jozef Hofmann am Beispiel von drei verschiedenen Einspielungen von Chopins Berceuse op. 57)
Muzyka fortepianowa. 5. Gdansk 1983. S. 97-117.

Number of People : 1


 1982 Source: 7

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

Number of People : 2,682


 1982

[Orchestra Members]
The above item is part of :
Muck, Peter
Einhundert Jahre Berliner Philharmonisches Orchester. Darstellung in Dokumentation im Auftrag des Berliner Orchesters. Dritter Band
Die Mitglieder des Orchesters, die Programme, die Konzertreisen ...
Verfassst von Peter Muck
Tutzing: Verlegt bei Hans Schneider, 1982, 509 p.

Number of People : 5,035


 1982

Janta, Aleksander
A history of nineteenth century American-Polish music.
With annotated bibliography and illustrations
New York: Kosciuszko Foundation, 1982

Number of People : 203


 1982

Anderson, E. Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
Second edition
Compiled by E. Ruth Anderson
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, 578 p.

Number of People : 3,986


 1982

Index
p. 313-343 In:
Keefer, Lubov Breit
Baltimore's music
The haven of the American composer
Baltimore: 1982, 343 p.

Number of People : 3,293


 1981

Konarkowska-Juszynska, Krystyna
Sylwetka artystyczna Jozefa Hofman na.
(Die kunstlerische Gestalt von Jozef Hofmann, Pianist, 1876-1957)
Muzyka fortepianowa. 4. Gdansk 1981. S. 137-151.
       Mit Zsfass. in deutsch. u. engl. Spr.

Number of People : 1


 1980 Source: 2

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

Number of People : 20,506


 1980

Performer Index : Instrumentalists
p. 311-366 In:
Myers, Kurtz
Index to record reviews
Compiled and edited by Kurtz Myers
Vol. 5: indexes
Boston, Massachusetts: G.K. Hall, 1980, 664 p.

Number of People : 6,053


 1980

Index
The above item is part of :
Perry, Jeb H.
Variety obits. An index to obituaries in Variety, 1905-1978
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1980, 311 p.

Number of People : 101,729


 1979

Robijns, Jozef
Zijlstra, Miep
Algemene muziek enciclopedie
hoofdred., J. Robijns en Miep Zijlstra
Haarlem: De Haan, [1979]-1984

Number of People : 16,262


 1979

Schang, F.C.
Visiting cards of pianists
New York: Music House, 1979

Number of People : 35


 1978

Ewen, David
Musicians since 1900 : performers in concert and opera
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson, 1978, 974 p.

Number of People : 432


 1976

Anderson, Ruth
Contemporary American composers
A biographical dictionary
1st ed.
Boston: G. K. Hall, 1976, 513 p.

Number of People : 3,758


 1975

Sundstrom, Einar
Morin, Gosta
Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sohlman's musiklexikon
2. rev. och utvidgade uppl.
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl-Alan Moberg och Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, 1975-1979, 5 v.

Number of People : 10,962


 1974

The Curtis Institute of Music Faculty, 1924-1974
[unnumberered] In:
The Curtis Institute of Music. Fiftieth anniversary issue.
Overtones, volume XI, number 1, October 1, 1974

Number of People : 266


 1974

Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
Vol. II
Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press, 1974, 567 p.

Number of People : 6,198


 1974

Weber, Jan
Legenda utrwalona na plyuich. o wznowionych nagraniach Jozefa Hofmanna.
(Legende auf Schallplatten kansersiert : neuaufge legte Einspielungen Joseph Hofmanns)
Ruch Muzyczny. 18 (1974), Nr. 12, S. 6-7;, Nr. 14, S. 14-15.
       Mit Abb.

Number of People : 1


 1974 Source: 3

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


 1973

Fisher, Renee B.
Musical prodigies : masters at an early age
New York: Association Press, 1973, 240 p.

Number of People : 89

More Details : (1 Section)


 1970

Peszko-Kusiewicz, Halina
Jozef Hofmann, pianista i pedagog.
Zeszyty Naukowe. Parlstwowa Wyzsza Szkola Muzyczna w Gdansku. 8 (1970), S. 9-35.

Number of People : 1


 1967

Professorenverzeichnis 1817-1967
p. 85-108 In:
Tittel, Ernst
Die Wiener Musikhochschule. Vom Konservatorium der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde zur staatlichen Akademie fur Musik und Darstellende Kunst.
Wien: Lafite, [1967], 111 p.

Number of People : 1,022


 1965

Zenei lexikon
Budapest: Zenemukiado Vallalat, 1965

Number of People : 4,351


 1965

Jarocinski, Stefan
Polish music
Edited by Stefan Jarocinski
Warszawa: Polish Scientific Publishers, 1965, 327 p.

Number of People : 103


 1964

Bull, Storm
Index to biographies of contemporary composers
New York: Scarecrow Press, 1964, 405 p.

Number of People : 5,157


 1963

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

Number of People : 367


 1962

Kanski, Jozef
Hofman na plytach gramofonowych.
[Der Pianist Jozef Hofman auf Schallplatten]
Ruch Muzyczny. 6 (1962) Nr. 4, S. 5-6. .

Number of People : 1


 1962

Sierpinski, Jan
Jozef Hofman (1876-1957)
Ruch Muzyczny. 6 (1962) Nr. 4, S. 3-4.

Number of People : 1


 1961

Rabinovic, David
Igraet Iosif Hofman.
[Uber, den polnischen Pianisten Joseph Hofmann]
Sovetskaja Muzyka. 25 (1961), H. 7, S. 84-87.

Number of People : 1


 1958

Chasins, Abram
Speaking of pianists
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958

Number of People : 14


 1957

Ewen, David
Living musicians : first supplement
Compiled and edited by David Ewen
New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1957, 178 p.

Number of People : 456


 1954

Pena, Joaquin
Angles, Higinio
Querol Gavalda, Miguel
Diccionario de la musica labor
Iniciado por Joaquin Pena
Continuado por Higinio Angles
Con la colaboracion de Miguel Querol y otros distinguidos musicologos espanoles y extranjeros
Barcelona: Editorial Labor, 1954, 2V, 2318P.

Number of People : 7,942


 1951 Source: 6

Moberg, Carl-Allan
Sundstrom, Einar
Sohlman's musiklexikon : nordiskt och allmant upplagsverk for tonkonst, musikliv och dans
Redaktion: Gosta Morin, Carl Allan Moberg [och] Einar Sundstrom
Stockholm: Sohlman Forlag, [1951-]

Number of People : 8,662


 1949

Ewen, David
Men and women who make music
New York: Merlin Press, 1949

Number of People : 26


 1948

Personalities of music & dance
p. 161 In:
Saunders, Richard Drake
Music and dance in California and the west
Hollywood, Calif.: Bureau of Musical Research, 1948, 311 p.

Number of People : 650


 1948

Scholes, Percy A.
The mirror of music 1844-1944
A century of musical life in Britain as reflected in the pages of the musical times
By Percy A. Scholes
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1948, 2 VOLS p.

Number of People : 344

More Details : (1 Section)


 1944

The roll of honour
p. 275 In:
Marks, Edward B.
They all had glamour : From the Swedish nightingale to the naked lady
New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1944

Number of People : 223


 1941

Aldrigh, Richard
Concert Life in New York 1902-1923
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941

Number of People : 1,464


 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


 1941 Source: 5

Barone, J.
Who is who in music
1941 edition
Chicago: Lee Stern Press, 1941

Number of People : 3,908


 1940

Rohrer, Gertrude Martin
Music and musicians of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1940

Number of People : 237


 1940

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

Number of People : 6,835


 1940

Bolek, Francis / Rev.
Who's who in Polish America ...
2nd ed.
Edited by Rev. Francis Bolek ...
Granville, PA: [1940]

Number of People : 52


 1939 Source: 4

Vital data (1906-1939)
p. 213 In:
Celebrities in El Dorado 1850-1906.
A biographic record of 111 prominent musicians who have visited San Francisco and performed there ...
With additional lists of visiting celebrities ...
San Francisco: Work Projects Administration, 1939, 270 p.
      (Series: History of Music in San Francisco Series; Volume four)

Number of People : 327


 1938

Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti : Supplemento
Milan: Sonzogno, 1938, 806 p.

Number of People : 9,140


 1937 Source: 1

Ronald, Landon / Sir
Who's who in music
Edited by Sir Landon Ronald
London: Shaw Publishing, 1937

Number of People : 6,597

More Details : (1 Section)


 1937

Schmidl, Carlo
Dizionario universale dei musicisti
Milan: Sonzogno, 1937, 2V p.

Number of People : 11,317


 1936

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


 1931

Key, Pierre V.R.
Pierre Key's musical who's who
A biographical survey of contemporary musicians
Edited by Pierre V.R. Key; editor Musical Digest and ...
New York: Pierre Key, 1931, 498 p.

Number of People : 3,336

More Details : (1 Section)


 1929

Spaeth, Sigmund
Who is who in music
Chicago: Who is Who in Music, Inc., 1929

Number of People : 2,425


 1925

Additional recordings made in Europe
Part III In:
A catalogue of music for the Ampico.
A list of the recordings of pianists whose art in thus preserved for present day music lovers and for posterity; together with short biographies of many of the composers and artists and notes on the music
New York: Ampico Corporation, 1925, 351 p.

Number of People : 15


 1922

Parker, Henry Taylor
Eighth notes : voices and figures of music and the dance
1922, 238 p.

Number of People : 47


 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

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


 1918

Saerchinger, Cesar
International who's who in music and musical gazetteer
Edited by Cesar Saerchinger
New York: Current Literature Pub. Co., 1918, 841 p.

Number of People : 5,340


 1917

Cooke, James Francis
Great pianists on piano playing
Philadelphia: Theo. Presser, 1917

Number of People : 28


 1916

Catalogue of artists record music rolls; July, 1916; for the Ampico, Artigraphic and Stoddard-Ampico player pianos
1916, 72 p.

Number of People : 23


 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

Lahee, Henry C.
Famous pianists of to-day and yesterday
Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1900

Number of People : 106


 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


 1890

Engel, Louis
From Handel to Halle
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1890

Number of People : 13

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