He composed music for the piano, songs, anthems, ballads and church music[2] and was also a teacher. He attained an international reputation for his performances. He wrote Some Musical Recollections of Fifty Years about his life, which was published in 1910.[3]
Personal life
Hoffman married Fidelia Marshall Lamson in 1869. They had a daughter, Malvina Hoffman, who was a portrait sculptor.[3]
He died on 17 August 1909 in Mount Kisco, New York.[3][4] The marble replica of the bust of her father was exhibited at the National Academy of Design.[3]
Selected recordings
"Dixiana", and "In Memoriam L.M.G." on recital The Wind Demon and other 19th-century piano works by Ivan Davis (piano)