josefhofmann

Seems to be 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." See also www.naxos.com/person/Josef_Hofmann_3657/3657.htm

See also www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/15657989210/

Thank you, swanq and B-59, we can correct title and add bio note here and elsewhere.

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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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