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Composition by Duo-Art Artist Josef Hofmann
By Adam G. Ramet

Dear MMDers,  Here's a recent chance sheet music discovery I made.
Josef Hofmann (the concert pianist and Duo-Art recording artist)
played here in Brighton at the age of 10 as a child prodigy in 1887.

As part of the concert they gave him a theme to improvise on (this
was quite customary at such events).  Someone at the concert notated
down a general idea of how this all sounded -- just an impression,
not note accurate or anything like that, as there was no recording
technology in 1887 that was used.

The result was published and I turned up a copy.  If nothing else it
makes a very nice Victorian piano piece.  I've scanned it and if anyone
would like a copy to play just email me and I'll be happy to email you
a copy.

With kind regards,
Adam Ramet
www.themodist.com

P.S. For those of you who can't play, a MIDI file and possibly a piano
roll will follow in due course!


(Message sent Wed 28 Mar 2007, 23:38:20 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

Key Words in Subject:  Artist, Composition, Duo-Art, Hofmann, Josef

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