Toscanini, Arturo. (1867–1957) [Hanson, Howard. (1896–1981)]
Signed Portrait, inscribed to Howard Hanson
A remarkable association item, a framed portrait print of Toscanini by I. Fogel, inscribed by the Maestro to composer Howard Hanson: "Very cordially to Howard Hanson remembering the performance of his Romantic Symphony. Arturo Toscanini, April 28, 1936.” In its original silver-painted wood frame, as it hung in Hanson's studio until his passing. 32 X 39 inches. Overall in very fine condition.The two great musicians were friends and Toscanini apparently enjoyed that Hanson - who had spent three years in Rome as the first winner of the Prix de Rome in music - would speak to him in Italian. Hanson's Symphony No. II, "Romantic," Opus 30 was commissioned for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was premiered by Serge Koussevitzky on November 28, 1930. Its first New York performance was in March, 1933, by the New York Philharmonic conducted by Arturo Toscanini (3373)
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