Signed Photograph

Signed Studio Lorette doubleweight photograph of the important American conductor and cellist, who has inscribed "To my Dear friend & / colleague Billy Schmidt / with my best wishes Hans Kindler" to the lower margin.  In fine condition.  4.5 x 7 inches (11.3 x 17.8 cm.).

Kindler was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra for many years.  He gave first performances of works by Ravel, Schoenberg, and Busoni, who dedicated an arrangement of Bach's Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue for cello/piano to him.  He founded the National Symphony Orchestra in 1931 and was its conductor until his death in 1949. (19833)

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Signed Photograph

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