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[email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/ars Curtis Institute of Music Duo-Art ARS.0215 1 Piano Roll Collection ARS.0215 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Archive of Recorded Sound Title: Curtis Institute of Music Duo-Art Piano Roll Collection source: Groman, Richard source: Taylor, Robert M. source: Hofmann, Josef, 1876-1957 Identifier/Call Number: ARS.0215 Physical Description: 14 box(es)(230) piano roll(s) Date (inclusive): 1913-1932 Content Description This collection consists of Duo-Art piano rolls once curated by Josef Hofmann, pianist and director of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, from 1926 to 1938. His performances of Beethoven, Chopin, and his own compositions are included. Other notable pianists include Harold Bauer, Alfred Cortot, Guiomar Novaes, Ignace Jan Paderewski, and Serge Prokofieff among others. Curator's biography "Josef Casimir Hofmann, (born Jan. 20, 1876, Podgorze, near Kraków, Pol.—died Feb. 16, 1957, Los Angeles), Polish-born American pianist, especially noted for his glittering performances of the music of Frédéric Chopin. He gave his first concert at the age of 6 and toured the United States at 11. Later he studied with two leading pianists of the late 19th century, Moritz Moszkowski and Anton Rubinstein. He resumed his public career at 18 and from 1898 lived mainly in the United States. From 1926 to 1938 he was director of the Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.