Biography
Max Hoffmann
German-born American songwriter and vaudeville orchestra leader, a.k.a. Max Hoffmann, Sr. (born December 8, 1873 in Gnesen, Provinz Posen, Prussia [now Gniezno, Poland] – died May 21, 1963 in Hollywood, California, USA)
Hoffmann emigrated as a child to the United States, in 1875. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. On April 8, 1901, he married well-known professional dancer Gertrude Hoffman, née Hay, and became her manager and music director.
Hoffmann was one of the first white arrangers to try his hand at ragtime arrangements. In 1906, he wrote the score for the Broadway musical "The Parisian Model" (with a libretto by Harry B. Smith).
Hoffmann claimed that he was descended from German nobility and that his full name was Baron Adolph Eugene Victor Maximilian Hoffmann. His and Gertrude Hoffman(n)'s son, Max Hoffmann, Jr. (1902–1945), became a musical-comedy performer on Broadway and in films.
Hoffmann emigrated as a child to the United States, in 1875. He grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota. On April 8, 1901, he married well-known professional dancer Gertrude Hoffman, née Hay, and became her manager and music director.
Hoffmann was one of the first white arrangers to try his hand at ragtime arrangements. In 1906, he wrote the score for the Broadway musical "The Parisian Model" (with a libretto by Harry B. Smith).
Hoffmann claimed that he was descended from German nobility and that his full name was Baron Adolph Eugene Victor Maximilian Hoffmann. His and Gertrude Hoffman(n)'s son, Max Hoffmann, Jr. (1902–1945), became a musical-comedy performer on Broadway and in films.