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Full Name
  
Josef P. Freud

Occupation
  
magician


Name
  
Joseffy Joseffy

Known for
  
magic

Role
  
Pianist

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Born
  
3 March 1873
Vienna, Austria

Died
  
June 25, 1915, New York City, New York, United States

Education
  
University of Music and Theatre Leipzig

Books
  
Compositions for the Piano - Frederic Chopin, Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 70: Piano Duo (2 Pianos, 4 Hands)

Similar People
  
Moriz Rosenthal, Franz Liszt, Theodore Thomas, Carl Tausig, Karol Mikuli

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Josef P. Freud (also known as Joseffy) (3 March 1873 – 26 May 1946) was a Viennese magician.

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Life

Joseffy came to the United States of America at the age of 19 where he worked at a Chicago Magic Store, building props and illusions. He invented a self-contained, no-thread version of The Rising Cards that astounded magicians of his day. One of his mechanical creations was "Balsamo, the Living Skull".

Joseffy was a performer at Coney Island as the Chautauqua & Lyceum headliner, and also played violin.

The American poet Carl Sandburg wrote a promotional booklet entitled simply Joseffy (1910).

Joseffy eventually stopped performing and became an electrical engineer.

Literature

  • The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David Abbott (1908)
  • Being very secretive about his inventions, it's been stated that in his book, The Marvelous Creations of Joseffy by David P. Abbott (1908), he either faked the photographs or showed apparatus that he did not actually use in the tricks to mislead the readers to the genuine secrets.

    References

    Joseffy Wikipedia