Michel-Rostislav Hofmann (28 August 1915 – 19 March 1975 in Paris) was a Franco-Russian writer,

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and translator. A translator of Russian into French, notably from

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and

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. He was also a musicologist and connoisseur of

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. His name is often distorted in bibliographic sources : « M. et R. Hofman », « Borislav Hoffman » etc.

Works

*1946: ''Un siècle d'opéra russe : de Glinka à Stravinsky''. *1953: ''Petite histoire de la musique russe''. *1953: ''Serge Lifar et son ballet''. *1957: ''La Musique en Russie : des origines à nos jours''. *1958: ''Rimski-Korsakov : sa vie, son œuvre''. *1959: ''Histoire de la musique des origines à nos jours'' *1959: ''Tchaïkovski'',

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(''Solfèges'' series, No. 11) *1962: ''Sur le sentier de la musique''. *1963: ''Dimitri Chostakovitch, l'homme et son œuvre''. *1964: ''Serge Prokofiev, l'homme et son œuvre''. *1964: ''La Vie de Moussorgski'' *1965: ''La Vie de Schubert'' *1965: ''Les Grandes Figures slaves de Russie''. *1965: ''La Vie des grands musiciens russes''. *1966: ''Musique mon amie''. *1967: ''Les Grands romanciers russes''. *1968: ''Histoire de la musique russe: des origines à nos jours'' (Éditions Buchet/Chastel) *1973: ''Petite histoire de la musique russe : des origines à Stravinsky'', ''Petite histoire de la musique russe : des origines à Stravinsky''
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Michel-Rostislav HOFMANN
on Encyclopédie Universalis
Michel-Rostislav Hofmann
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