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Vivid American Musical Arranger IRWIN KOSTAL Photograph Signed

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:180.00 - 240.00 USD
Vivid American Musical Arranger IRWIN KOSTAL Photograph Signed
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Academy Award Winner IRWIN KOSTAL for Music in “West Side Story” and “The Sound of Music” & More!
IRWIN KOSTAL (1911–1994). American musical arranger of films and an orchestrator of Broadway musicals, known for his work on such classics as "West Side Story" and "Mary Poppins."
Vivid Photograph Signed, "Irwin Kostal," measures 8" x 10", undated, Choice Near Mint. This black & white portrait of Kostal wearing coat & tie seated at his desk while working on a musical arrangement is inscribed on the image in ink, "Regards to David, Irwin Kostal". Kostal won two Academy Awards, for The Sound of Music and West Side Story. Other notable works are Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Signed photographs of Kostal are extremely difficult to obtain.