Signed Photograph to "George Gaber/ Who made my timpani parts sound so good- and took part in my early 'premieres'"

Signed James J. Kriegsmann of NY photograph of the composer, who has inscribed "To my friend George Gaber/ Who made my timpani parts sound so good- and took part in my early 'premieres'- via Review, etc.- My appreciation and Greetings- Martin Gould/ Feb 2, 1981," together with a photocopy of Gould's Thursday, February 22, 1996 New York Times obituary. Slight discoloration to upper area of image, foxing marks along right edge, else good.  8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).

From the collection of George Gaber (1916–2007), noted percussionist who performed with a number of professional ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Baltimore Symphony and worked with Leonard Bernstein, Otto Klemperer, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington and many others over the span of his career.  From 1960 to 1986 taught percussion at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and was also an artist in residence at Carnegie Mellon University, an adjudicator for National Music Arts in Japan and the Canadian Music Competition, and a Hall of Fame recipient in Percussion Arts Society. (19000)

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