MAURICE ABRAVENAL conductor & UTAH SYMPHONY principals autographed photograph

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Autographed 8” x 10” photograph of the conductor and the Utah Symhpony Orchestra, to their Buenos Aires based South American tour manager, Gerry Uhlfelder June-July, 1971.  They are posed in the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City.
Abravanel built the Utah Symphony from a small town orchestra into a World class band from 1947-1979.  He recorded over 100 labeled recordings, including one of the very first Mahler symphony cycles on records.  He came to Mahler as a pupil and friend of Bruno Walter.
The photograph is autographed by Abravanel and most of his first desk musicians, including: Oscar Chausow - concertmaster, Stephen B. Ivey -trombone, Michael Vance - flute, Ardean Watts - piano/celeste and associate conductor, William R. Johnson - percussion, Gary Post, Martin Zwick - clarinet, Sally Peck - viola, Eugene Foster - flute, Darrell W. Stubbs - oboe, Christian Tiemeyer - cello, Audrey Bush  - double bass, Robert Lentz—timpanist and John Chatelain - 2nd violin
The scan is tightly cropped, all names are there and complete.
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