Gerard Hoffnung
Artist and musician
Gerard Hoffnung was an artist and musician, best known for his humorous works.
Raised in Germany, Hoffnung was brought to London as a boy to escape the Nazis. Over the next two decades in England, he became known as a cartoonist, tuba player,... Wikipedia
Born: March 22, 1925, Berlin, Germany
Died: September 28, 1959 (age 34 years), Hampstead, London, United Kingdom
Spouse: Annetta Hoffnung (m. 1952–1959)
Albums: Hoffnung's Music Festivals
Parents: Ludwig Hoffnung and Hildegard Hoffnung
Instrument(s): Tuba
Songs
The Bricklayer
Speech by Gerard Hoffnung
French Widows
The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival
Movement from Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra
The Housekeeper
The Moon
A Movement from Concerto for Conductor and Orchestra
Broadcasting
Punkt Contrapunkt
Part 2
Dieting
Fanfare
Introductory Music Played in the Foyer
Childhood
Pets
At Home
Working Day
The Cinema
Let's Fake an Opera
Lochinvar
Festival Anthem / Leonora, No. 4 / The Barber of Darmstadt / Ballad of County Down
My Life
Belshazzar's Feast / Horrortotio / Mobile for Seven Orchestras
Hobbies
A Grand Grand Overture
Part 1
The Hoffnung Music Festival Concert
Act 1
Gerard Hoffnung at the Oxford Union, Pt. 1
The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival 1958, Pt. 1
Speech by Mr T. E. Bean, General Manager of the Royal Festival Hall