Charles Hofmann fonds. [1922-1974].

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Charles Hofmann fonds. [1922-1974].

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The fonds consists of subject files of lecture notes and essays by Hofmann, and articles on ethnic and music studies; correspondence to Hofmann from Andre Renaud regarding Indian music and from R. Tully regarding Mexican Indians; catalogues, magazine articles, supply lists and publicity material; scrapbooks containing clippings, copies of Hofmann's lecture and radio programmes, photographs and essays; photographs of aboriginal people in Africa, Alaska, the U.S., Canada, New Zealand, and New Guinea; and stills from National Film Board of Canada productions.

35 cm of textual records. -- ca. 400 photographs.

University of Victoria Libraries, UVic

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SNAC Resource ID: 7915926

University of Victoria Libraries, UVic

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Tully, Rt

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National Film Board of Canada

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Renaud, AndreĢ, 1919-1988.

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Hofmann, Charles, 1914-1996

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Charles Hofmann was born in Tampa, Florida. and moved to Canada in 1972, where he has lived in Victoria and Toronto. He was a noted writer of piano scores for many silent films including D.W. Griffith's Intolerance. The Canadian Encyclopaedia states that in Toronto Hoffman "called himself an 'instant composer,' since he never played the piano with a score in front of him. He would sit down in front of the screen and improvise the musical commentary. In the 1960s Lapp and in the 1970s Hoffmann be...