alexanderlambert

There is a signed copy of this photograph for sale at the moment. See www.amazon.com/Hofmann-Josef-1876-1957-Lambert-Alexander/... "Mishkin photograph of two Polish-American keyboard giants."

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Hofmann "Josef Casimir Hofmann (originally Józef Kazimierz Hofmann; January 20, 1876 – February 16, 1957) was a Polish-American virtuoso pianist, composer, music teacher, and inventor." Alexander Lambert was a well known piano teacher and director of the New York College of Music. See Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. By James Francis Cooke books.google.com/books?id=ER85AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA382&l...

Alexander Lambert (a pianist) was born in Warsaw in 1862 and died in New York in 1929 (according to www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&s..., page 161). Other sources say that he was born in 1863, s. e.g. www.schubertiademusic.com/details/multiple_catalogs:yes/d....

swanq and b-59: thanks for finding more information on Mr. Lambert and Mr. Hofmann. We'll update the record.

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Lambert
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Kreisler

Kreisler's wife was Harriet. See

Lambert see also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15657989210/

Thanks swanq and B-59. We'll update this catalog record.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBE (Polish: [iɡˈnat͡sɨ ˈjan padɛˈrɛfskʲi]; 18 November [O.S. 6 November] 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence.[1] He was a favorite of concert audiences around the globe. His musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media. He was the prime minister and foreign minister of Poland in 1919, and represented Poland at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacy_Jan_Paderewski Henry Edward Krehbiel (March 10, 1854 – March 20, 1923) was an American music critic and musicologist. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Edward_Krehbiel

At the funeral of Wilhelm Stengel, s. www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/18237412071/

Musical America ran this photo on May 26, 1917, identifying from left to right: Alexander Lambert, Franz Kneisel, Ignace Paderewski, Mrs. Paderewski, H.E.Krehbiel. The man at right is cropped out in Musical America. books.google.com/books?id=Gk80AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA48&am... "Franz Kneisel (26 January 1865 – 26 March 1926) was an American violinist and teacher of Romanian birth." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Kneisel Lambert is probably the Alexander Lambert mentioned in Wikipedia's entry on the New York College of Music: " Alexander Lambert (1862–1929), a pianist, served as the second director from 1887 to 1905.[" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_College_of_Music

Thanks RN, B-59, and AS. We will add information to the records.

Another Bain photo of Alexander Lambert: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15657989210/