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...father, who had taught him to play the piano so well that he was already the talk of Europe. Soon, from out front where 3,500 witnessed the boy's performance of man-sized works, Casimir. Hofmann and his wife heard thunderous applause, cheers and bravos for small Josef Casimir Hofmann...
...whole Jubilee concert should be recorded. Also not present, to his regret, was the most celebrated member of the honorary, specially-formed "Hofmann Fifty-Year Club" of people who had heard the prodigy during his first months in the U. S. Franklin D. Roosevelt (six years younger than Josef Hofmann) was taken by his mother to hear Hofmann play in 1887, and, as Dr. Damrosch said gracefully as he introduced Pianist Hofmann at the Jubilee, the future President of the U. S. had asked: "Mother, if I practiced ever so hard could I be a great pianist like that when...
...Josef Stefani, organizer and representative for this district thought the University "a wonderful institution, if only they practiced what they preached." He showed that the wage increase had been accepted by the workers but would have no legal standing with the organization until they were given exclusive bargaining rights...
Without calling the roll of all great musicians, TIME suggests that the following bear out its generalization: When he was 4, Beethoven began studying music, knew as much as his teacher-father by the time he was 9. Other first appearances: Heifetz and Elman at 5, Mozart and Josef Hofmann at 6, Fritz Kreisler at 7, Chopin at 8, Mendelssohn, Liszt, Rubinstein, Harold Bauer at 9, Cesar Franck and Schumann...
Charles D. Aldrich '40, Wollaston; Josef Alexander '38, Brighton; Gordon B. Allan '38, W. Medford; Dion J. J. Archen '40, Lynn; Frederic S. Armstrong, Jr. '39, Weymouth; Leon W. Baldwin '40, Somerville; Edmund W. Hanas '39, Holyoke; Bernard Barber '39, Cambridge; Clarence H. Barber '40, Arlington; Abraham N. Barger '39, Greenfield; David S. Berkowitz '38, South Boston; Christoph F. W. Berliner '40, Weston; Melvin B. Black '40, Roxbury; Edward B. Blackman '38, Roxbury...