Artist and musician, best known for his humorous works. Born in Berlin, and named Gerhard. Hoffnung published a series of books of cartoons poking gentle fun at conductors and orchestral instrumentalists. He created three Hoffnung Music Festivals held at the Royal Festival Hall in London. These featured contributions from distinguished "serious" musicians.
Hoffnung, Gerard, 1925-1959
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NZBC Symphony Orchestra :NZBC Symphony Orchestra 21st birthday concert includes Hoffnun...
Date: 1967
Reference: Eph-F-MUSIC-NZBCSO-1967-01
Description: An arrangement of text, with a caricature drawing of a conductor on his rostrum with an audience behind him. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on heavy card, 690 x 495 mm. Provenance: Donated by the NZ Symphony Orchestra, 2013
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :'Oh yes! Bottles supplied by Lion Breweries Limited'. [1977]
Date: 1977
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-183-039
Description: Shows what is probably the last page of the 'Spring frolic' programme, with a cleaner standing holding a broom amidst a pile of debris, which includes musical notes, broken instruments, bottles and the conductor lying in the rubbish bin. At bottom right is a lion dressed as a conductor, with a music stand bearing a sign saying 'The end'. The concert and drawings for the accompanying programme are based on the Hoffnung Music Festival Concerts. Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) was a cartoonist and gifted musician who in 1956 started the Hoffnung Music Festivals, an original brand of symphonic caricature that received international acclaim Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Lion panel green [in pencil]; Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [artist's signature] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 38 x 23 mm on card 457 x 363 mm Provenance: Donation: Jennifer Zwartz, Wellington, 2011
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Original cartoons done for the programme accompanying the...
Date: 1977
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-183-031/038
Description: Shows various caricatures of an orchestra playing instruments, as part of a programme for the Christchurch Youth Orchestra's production of 'Spring Frolic', conducted by Peter Zwartz, in October 1977. Included is a sheet on which preliminary pencil sketches of the cartoons have been made. Both preliminary sketches and cartoons have been individually lettered, from B to H The concert and drawings for the accompanying programme are based on the Hoffnung Music Festival Concerts. Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) was a cartoonist and gifted musician who in 1956 started the Hoffnung Music Festivals, an original brand of symphonic caricature that received international acclaim Quantity: 7 original cartoon(s). 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and pen and ink drawings, in various sizes Provenance: Donation: Jennifer Zwartz, Wellington, 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - B-183-031/043 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2029, and at Eph-B-MUSIC-Zwartz-01.
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[British Broadcasting Corporation Concert Orchestra] :"Hear hear Hoffnung". Royal Alber...
Date: 1956
Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-Zwartz-01
Description: Programme for a concert celebrating the musical and artistic achievements of Gerard Hoffnung, and illustrated with his sketches from 1956 of orchestras in action, and a self-caricature. The sketches in this programme were used by Eric Heath as inspiration for the illustration of a programme for the Christchurch Youth Orchestra's "Spring frolic" concert in a similar vein. Other Titles - December Quantity: 1 Programme(s). Physical Description: Booklet of 16 pages, 297 x 210 mm. Provenance: Donation: Jennifer Zwartz, Wellington, 2011 Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - MS-Group-2029 - Other material of the same provenance is housed at MS-Group-2029, and in Drawings Paintings & Prints at B-183-031/038..
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :Radio Avon presents the Christchurch Youth Orchestra in 'S...
Date: 1977
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-183-040
Description: Shows an orchestra playing instruments, with the conductor at bottom left. They are all naked and appear to be floating in space. There are also two sheep or lambs that are playing instruments. The whole group is surrounded by flowers and bees. The concert and drawings for the accompanying programme are based on the Hoffnung Music Festival Concerts. Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) was a cartoonist and gifted musician who in 1956 started the Hoffnung Music Festivals, an original brand of symphonic caricature that received international acclaim Inscriptions: Recto - left of image - 'Spring frolic' in green Scarab green/coates MS 24 if possible [in pencil]; Recto - bottom left - Eric Heath [artist's signature]; Recto - bottom right - About 10 pt type [in pencil] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink drawing, 350 x 253 mm, on card 430 x 340 mm Provenance: Donation: Jennifer Zwartz, Wellington, 2011
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Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923- :[Mock-up for the 'Spring frolic' programme, performed by t...
Date: 1977
By: Heath, Eric Walmsley, 1923-
Reference: B-183-041/043
Description: Shows the Eric Heath cartoons drawn for the 'Spring frolic' programme as imagined in the final layout, over two spreads, with text included. The third and final spread comprises a programme note and an advertisement for Begg's music store in Colombo Street The concert and drawings for the accompanying programme are based on the Hoffnung Music Festival Concerts. Gerard Hoffnung (1925-1959) was a cartoonist and gifted musician who in 1956 started the Hoffnung Music Festivals, an original brand of symphonic caricature that received international acclaim Quantity: 3 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Images and text, varying sizes, printed on paper, cut out and glued to sheets 300 x 420 mm Provenance: Donation: Jennifer Zwartz, Wellington, 2011
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NZBC Symphony Orchestra: [Ephemera and programmes of quarto size. 1969]
Date: 1969
From: NZBC Symphony Orchestra: [Programmes 1963-1974]
By: NZBC Symphony Orchestra
Reference: Eph-B-MUSIC-NZBCSO-1969
Description: Includes: NZBC Symphony Orchestra. 1969 Proms. Promenade concerts no 1, 2 and 3. Conductor Juan Matteucci; soloists Malvina Major, Elaine Johnson, Emily Mair, Grant Dickson, David Galbraith, Davina Whitehouse (narrator). Dunedin Town Hall, 30 January - 1 February 1969. Programme NZBC Symphony Orchestra. 1969 Proms. Promenade concerts no 1, 2, 3 and 4. Conductor Juan Matteucci; soloists Malvina Major, Rae de Lisle, Richard Giese, Emily Mair, Grant Dickson, David Galbraith, Davina Whitehouse (narrator). Dunedin Town Hall, 19-22 February 1969. Programme (2 copies) NZBC Symphony Orchestra. 1969 Proms. Promenade concerts no 1, 2, 3 and 4. Conductor Juan Matteucci; soloists Malvina Major, David James, Jan Goodyer (speaker). Auckland Town Hall, 26 February - 1 March 1969. Programme (2 copies) NZBC Symphony Orchestra and Hoffnung; an Auckland Festival coming of age attraction. Conductor Juan Matteucci; soloists Frank Gurr, David Galbraith, Emily Mair, Grant Dickson, Davina Whitehouse (speaker). Auckland Town Hall, 27 March 1969. Souvenir programme (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Printed programmes and flyers, sizes varying up to 330 mm, some illustrated.