death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date image article_title birth_name occupation
28 september 1959 hampstead , london berlin , germany gerard hoffnung 22 march 1925 gerardhoffnung.jpg gerard hoffnung
 gerhard hoffnung illustrator , musician
gerard hoffnung

gerard hoffnung -lrb- 22 march 192528 september 1959 -rrb- was an artist and musician , best known for his humorous works .
raised in germany , hoffnung was brought to london as a boy , to escape the nazis .
over the next two decades in england , he became known as a cartoonist , tuba player , impresario , broadcaster and public speaker .
after training at two art colleges , hoffnung taught for a few years , and then turned to drawing , on the staff of english and american publications , and later as a freelance .
he published a series of cartoons on musical themes , and illustrated the works of novelists and poets .
in 1956 hoffnung mounted the first of his `` hoffnung festivals '' in london , at which classical music was spoofed for comic effect , with contributions from many eminent musicians .
as a broadcaster he appeared on bbc panel games , where he honed the material for one of his best-known performances , his speech at the oxford union in 1958 .
