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... Hofmann , whose annual tours of Russia were celebrations . Hofmann , thirty - six at the time , was one of the world's great musical box office attractions . Earlier in 1912 , he had flab- bergasted glamorous St. Petersburg by playing ...
... Hofmann , whose annual tours of Russia were celebrations . Hofmann , thirty - six at the time , was one of the world's great musical box office attractions . Earlier in 1912 , he had flab- bergasted glamorous St. Petersburg by playing ...
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... Hofmann's peak years , and no Slavic pianist of the period could rival his torrential powers . Rachmaninoff , who , at that period , mostly conducted and composed , never stopped extolling Hofmann's glories as a pianist . Hofmann was ...
... Hofmann's peak years , and no Slavic pianist of the period could rival his torrential powers . Rachmaninoff , who , at that period , mostly conducted and composed , never stopped extolling Hofmann's glories as a pianist . Hofmann was ...
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A Personal Portrait David Dubal. Hofmann never played it . Rachmaninoff loved Hofmann's playing , especially in the years before the alcohol . He was always telling of Hofmann's playing . " " I wonder why Hofmann didn't play it ...
A Personal Portrait David Dubal. Hofmann never played it . Rachmaninoff loved Hofmann's playing , especially in the years before the alcohol . He was always telling of Hofmann's playing . " " I wonder why Hofmann didn't play it ...
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