Hindemith, Paul. (1895–1963). "Zeugnis in Bildern" - Inscribed with a Drawing of a Bassoonist. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. 1955.
"Testimony in Pictures," inscribed by the composer to the bassoonist Ben Spiegel "with many thank [sic] Paul Hindemith / Feb 18, 1959" and adding an amusing caricature of a bassoonist in a frame above the inscription. 8vo. 87 pp. Boards toned, spine cover partially separated along the lower quarter, fragile paper jacket in two pieces and heavily worn, but present.
Benjamin Spiegel played with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 17 years before swapping his bassoon for a camera and becoming the orchestra’s official photographer from 1960 until his death in 1996. The present inscription was accomplished around the time of the premiere of Paul Hindemith's Pittsburgh Symphony, his sixth and final symphony, composed at the request of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's then-music director William Steinberg in 1958 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the city.
Hindemith, Paul. (1895–1963). "Zeugnis in Bildern" - Inscribed with a Drawing of a Bassoonist. Mainz: B. Schott's Söhne. 1955.
"Testimony in Pictures," inscribed by the composer to the bassoonist Ben Spiegel "with many thank [sic] Paul Hindemith / Feb 18, 1959" and adding an amusing caricature of a bassoonist in a frame above the inscription. 8vo. 87 pp. Boards toned, spine cover partially separated along the lower quarter, fragile paper jacket in two pieces and heavily worn, but present.
Benjamin Spiegel played with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra for 17 years before swapping his bassoon for a camera and becoming the orchestra’s official photographer from 1960 until his death in 1996. The present inscription was accomplished around the time of the premiere of Paul Hindemith's Pittsburgh Symphony, his sixth and final symphony, composed at the request of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's then-music director William Steinberg in 1958 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the city.