Grace Hofheimer Explained

Grace Hofheimer
Birth Date:August 27, 1891
Birth Place:New York City
Death Date:September 1965
Occupation:Pianist, educator

Grace M. Hofheimer (August 27, 1891 – September 1965) was an American pianist, composer, and educator, author of Teaching Techniques For The Piano (1954).

Early life and education

Hofheimer was born in New York City, the daughter of Justinian Alman Hofheimer and Rose Clare Leonard Hofheimer. Her father was a physician.[1] She studied piano with,[2] [3] and Isidor Philipp. At Columbia University she studied music theory under Daniel Gregory Mason.[4]

Career

Hofheimer was a concert pianist, based in New York City.[5] [6] [7] In 1918, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that "Miss Hofheimer, who has devoted her time to teaching, possesses an abundant technique and a straightforwardness of interpretation," while noting "a mechanical lack of variety of tone and color, that precluded the expression of the inner essesnce of the compositions."[8]

Hofheimer toured for the Edison Company during the 1920-1921 season.[9] She was head of the piano department at the Chase School in Brooklyn,[10] and gave private lessons from a studio at Steinway Hall.[11] [12] In 1923, she played on a radio broadcast,[13] and taught a summer course in New Jersey, Among her students were mathematician Raymond Smullyan[14] and music professor Morton Schoenfeld.[15]

Later in life, Hofheimer was chair of the Greater New York Guild of Piano Teachers.[16] She adjudicated auditions for the National Guild of Piano Teachers[17] and the Mid-South Piano Scholarship Association,[18] [19] [20] and spoke to music teachers' organizations.[21] [22] Hofheimer wrote Teaching Techniques for the Piano (1954).[23] She also composed piano pieces suited for teaching.[24]

Publications

Personal life

Hofheimer died in 1965, at the age of 74.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence . New York University: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni . 1903 . R. Herndon Company . 296–297 . en.
  2. May 27, 1920 . Grace Hofheimer to Tour . Musical Courier . 80 . 32.
  3. June 26, 1915 . Miss Hofheimer's Concerts . Musical America . 22 . 36.
  4. October 11, 1923 . Grace Hofheimer Returns to New York . Musical Courier . 87 . 53.
  5. January 22, 1920 . Grace Hofheimer, Pianist . Musical Courier . 80 . 46.
  6. May 27, 1920 . Grace Hofheimer's Art Admired . Musical Courier . 80 . 56.
  7. November 1926 . Grace Hofheimer in Recital . Musical Observer . 25 . 11 . 43.
  8. News: 1918-10-24 . Another Pianist in Recital . 13 . The Brooklyn Daily Eagle . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1920-11-09 . Great Recital . 6 . Lancaster Eagle-Gazette . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  10. July 6, 1916 . Piano Recital by Pupils of Grace M. Hofheimer . Musical Courier . 73 . 8.
  11. May 13, 1920 . Grace Hofheimer at Steinway Hall . Musical Courier . 80 . 33 . Hathi Trust.
  12. November 8, 1923 . Grace Hofheimer Pupil Honored in Leipsic . Musical Courier . 87 . 50.
  13. October 25, 1923 . Grace Hofheimer's Playing Broadcasted . Musical Courier . 87 . 35.
  14. Web site: Remembering Raymond Smullyan . 2022-10-04 . Dover Math and Science.
  15. News: Wilks . Flo . 1971-11-28 . Schoenfeld to Solo with UNM Symphony . 31 . Albuquerque Journal . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  16. February 1, 1953 . New York Guild Meeting Presents Keyboard Notables . Musical Courier . 147 . 3 . 11 . Internet Archive.
  17. November–December 1958 . WQXR Broadcasts Interview of Grace Hofheimer . Piano Guild Notes . 7 . 4 . 2 . Internet Archive.
  18. News: 1954-04-30 . A Piano Lesson . 13 . The Memphis Press-Scimitar . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  19. News: 1958-04-08 . Piano Students Have Audition . 5 . The Edwardsville Intelligencer . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  20. September 1952 . Grace Hofheimer Discusses Guild Grading System . Piano Guild Notes . 2 . 3 . 3 . Internet Archive.
  21. News: 1954-05-13 . Music, Speech Teachers Hear Miss Hofheimer and Name Officers for Year . 7 . Corsicana Daily Sun . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  22. News: 1938-05-29 . Piano Group Ending Season . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-10-05 . 0362-4331.
  23. Book: Hofheimer, Grace . Teaching Techniques for the Piano . 1954 . Belwin . en.
  24. News: 1926-11-28 . Grace Hofheimer Resumes Teaching . 3 . The Huntsville Times . 2022-10-05 . Newspapers.com.
  25. Hofheimer . Grace . June 1926 . Reasons for Counting Aloud . Musical Observer . 25 . 6 . 10.
  26. Grace Hofheimer, U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. via Ancestry.

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