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Józef Kazimierz Hofmann

ヨゼフ・ホフマン　/　よぜふ・ほふまん

Pianist from Poland

January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957　・　Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Lesser Poland Voivodeship
pianist
composer
screenwriter

My Take

Josef Hofmann is a name I respect more the more I read it. A Polish-American pianist born in 1876, he was a genuine virtuoso of the Romantic era, but the detail that hooks me is that he was also an inventor. That combination of artist and tinkerer is rarer than you'd think, and it tells me he was restless in the best way. He died in 1957, so he's firmly a figure of recorded-music history rather than living memory, which makes him easy to overlook. I'd argue that's exactly why he's worth remembering; he bridged the concert hall and the workshop in one lifetime.

Overview

Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Józef Kazimierz Hofmann
Name (Japanese): ヨゼフ・ホフマン
Reading: よぜふ・ほふまん
Born: January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aquarius / Rat
Origin: Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: pianist / composer / screenwriter / university teacher / inventor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Commander of the Order of Polonia Restituta

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%82%BC%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%95%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

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