{"product_id":"23427-hindemith-paul-zeugnis-in-bildern-inscribed-with-a-drawing-of-a-bassoonist","title":"Hindemith, Paul. (1895–1963) \"Zeugnis in Bildern\" - Inscribed with a Drawing of a Bassoonist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBenjamin 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 \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Symphony\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093845758111,"sku":"23427","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Hindemith_2C_Paul_Zeugnis_in_Bildern_Inscribed_23427d.jpg?v=1722190769","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23427-hindemith-paul-zeugnis-in-bildern-inscribed-with-a-drawing-of-a-bassoonist","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}