NameRichard Hoffmann
Birth1925
FatherRichard Hoffmann (1883-)
Spouses
Death27 Dec 2009
ChildrenPaul
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{geni:about_me} Richard Hoffmann

Professor of Composition and Music Theory

Education:

B.M., University of New Zealand. Study of violin, Vienna, Austria. Graduate Study, University of California, Los Angeles. Pupil, secretary-amanuensis fo Arnold Schonberg, 1947-51.

Awards and Honors:

Award, National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1966; Guggenheim Fellowship, 1970-71 and 1977-78; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1976-77, 1978, 1979-80. Senior Fulbright scholar to Vienna, 1984; Ehrenzeichen fur Kunst and Kultur, Vienna, 1991.

Professional Affiliations:

Co-editor of the Schonberg Gesamtausgabe. Visiting professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1965-66; University of New Zealand, Wellington, summer, 1968; Harvard University, summer, 1970; University of Iowa, winter, 1976; Vienna University, 1984. Director, the Schonberg Seminar, Internationale Schonberg Gesellschaft and Vienna University, January 1980-83, 1985-86, spring semesters, 1988-90, 1993, 1994, 1996.
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