{"product_id":"23754-ormandy-eugene-signed-photograph-at-his-philadelphia-orchestra-debut","title":"Ormandy, Eugene. (1899–1985) Signed Photograph at his Philadelphia Orchestra Debut","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary and striking original Rembrandt Studios of Philadelphia sepia \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003edoubleweight photograph of the conductor, signed and inscribed around the time of his historic first Philadelphia Orchestra performance, \"For Miss Roberta Fisk \/ Eugene Ormandy \/ 1931.\" \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eIn very fine condition.  8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eIn 1931, Ormandy substituted for the indisposed Arturo Toscanini with the Philadelphia Orchestra and this led to an appointment as musical director of the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, a post he held from 1931 to 1936 and during which he became nationally known in the US through his recordings. In 1936 he returned to Philadelphia as joint conductor with Leopold Stokowski. After two years he became the orchestra's sole music director, a post he held for an historic 42 years (1938–1980), before stepping down to be its conductor laureate. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46724919361695,"sku":"23754","price":375.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Ormandy_EugeneSPathisPhiladelphiaOrchestraDebut.jpg?v=1727891222","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/23754-ormandy-eugene-signed-photograph-at-his-philadelphia-orchestra-debut","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}