Exceptional large original vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.75 inch photo of the great conductor in a stirring half-length pose conducting an unidentified orchestra, desirably signed and inscribed in fountain pen on his open musical score, "To Paul Affelder Cordially, Bruno Walter.” In fine condition, with silvering to the perimeter. One of the best Walter examples we've ever offered, in terms of unusual image, size and association inscription.
Paul B. Affelder (1915-1975) was a music critic and the founder of Program Note Service, which created and distributed program notes for music and ballet performances throughout North America. Affelder, who was born in Pittsburgh, studied the cello from an early age and spent the summer of 1935 in Europe and studied conducting with Bruno Walter and Bernhard Paumgartner at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He later became the first cellist and assistant conductor for the Virginia-North Carolina WPA Symphony, and conductor with a Federal Music Project-sponsored orchestra in Richmond, Virginia. Later, he settled in New York, where in 1943 he became the Musical Director for the Masterworks Division of Columbia Records. He joined the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1948 as a music annotator and writer for CBS Radio, writing continuity for classical music broadcasts for many years, and becoming music and dance critic for WCBS-TV News in 1963. In 1965, he created the Program Note Service, which made available through subscription, descriptive notes about compositions, composers, and performers to various musical organizations or individuals. Affelder ran the Program Note Service out of his home until his death in 1975; at the time of his death it was reported that the service was being used by over seventy orchestras.
The German-born conductor, pianist, and composer Bruno Walter worked closely with Gustav Mahler, held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Salzburg Festival, among others, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.
Exceptional large original vintage matte-finish 9.5 x 7.75 inch photo of the great conductor in a stirring half-length pose conducting an unidentified orchestra, desirably signed and inscribed in fountain pen on his open musical score, "To Paul Affelder Cordially, Bruno Walter.” In fine condition, with silvering to the perimeter. One of the best Walter examples we've ever offered, in terms of unusual image, size and association inscription.
Paul B. Affelder (1915-1975) was a music critic and the founder of Program Note Service, which created and distributed program notes for music and ballet performances throughout North America. Affelder, who was born in Pittsburgh, studied the cello from an early age and spent the summer of 1935 in Europe and studied conducting with Bruno Walter and Bernhard Paumgartner at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He later became the first cellist and assistant conductor for the Virginia-North Carolina WPA Symphony, and conductor with a Federal Music Project-sponsored orchestra in Richmond, Virginia. Later, he settled in New York, where in 1943 he became the Musical Director for the Masterworks Division of Columbia Records. He joined the Columbia Broadcasting System in 1948 as a music annotator and writer for CBS Radio, writing continuity for classical music broadcasts for many years, and becoming music and dance critic for WCBS-TV News in 1963. In 1965, he created the Program Note Service, which made available through subscription, descriptive notes about compositions, composers, and performers to various musical organizations or individuals. Affelder ran the Program Note Service out of his home until his death in 1975; at the time of his death it was reported that the service was being used by over seventy orchestras.
The German-born conductor, pianist, and composer Bruno Walter worked closely with Gustav Mahler, held major positions with the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Salzburg Festival, among others, and is widely considered to be one of the great conductors of the 20th century.