Gingold, Josef. (1909–1995)
Signed Photograph
Scarce signed W. Meister photograph of the violinist, inscribed "To George Gaber, admirable musician and dear friend. In admiration to an esteemed colleague./ Josef Gingold/ 1945." Slight discoloration to inscription and image, scattered small marks to surface, faint remnants of a label to lower center of image, else fine. 10 x 8 inches (20.3 x 25 cm.).A student of Ysaye, Gingold was the first to perform Ysaye's 3rd Sonata for Solo Violin. Later, he lead the Cleveland Orchestra under George Szell and taught at the Indiana School of Music, where his pupils included - among many others - Joshua Bell, Miriam Fried, Leonidas Kavakos, Jaime Laredo and Joseph Silverstein.
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. (19001)
Classical Music Signed Photograph