Bidspirit auction | Four-page typewritten article in English,

Four-page typewritten article in English, ”Toscanini's Gift to Israel” by Shlomo B. Lewertoff, Administrative Director of the Palestine Orchestra (Israel Philharmonic) from 1936 to 1946. The article describes the founding of the orchestra by violinist Bronislaw Huberman in 1936, the bringing of Jewish musicians dismissed from European orchestras after the Nazi rise, the inaugural concert of December 1936 conducted by Arturo Toscanini and the orchestra's preparation by William Steinberg, and the Toscanini Forest planted by the Jewish National Fund. Accompanied by two papers bearing a typed dedication in German (”Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung”), each with an original autograph signature of Huberman (1882-1947). Units in lot: 3. Varied conditions, folding marks and minor wear typical of period paper.