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AUTOGRAPH NEW YEAR'S GREETING TO CITY CENTER PRODUCER JEAN DALRYMPLE ON AN INDEX CARD SIGNED BY URUGUAYAN CONDUCTOR AND COMPOSER JOSE SEREBRIER WITH A BAR OF MUSIC PENNED ABOVE HIS NAME.

1975 · rif. 95467 — December 31 1975. 1975. Fine. - New Year's greeting penned on the lined side of a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide index card. Signer "Jose" above his typed surname and with a bar of music penned above the signature. Fine The message dated "Dec. 31 1975" at top right reads: "Dear Jean: / Bon Apetit / and Happy New Year". Jose Serebrier b. 1938 is an Uruguayan conductor and composer. He first conducted at the age of eleven with his school orchestra which toured the country. He graduated from the Municipal School of Music in Montevideo and subsequently won the National Orchestra's composition contest with his "Legend of Faust". He studied conducting with Eleazar de Carvalho and Aaron Copland at Tanglewood and with Pierre Monteux. His first symphony written at age 17 was conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Thereafter he held many conducting posts and toured widely with a number of orchestras. He was one of the most frequently recorded conductors of his generation. Jean Dalrymple 1902-1998 was the dynamic producer and director of theater and light-opera at Manhattan's City Center. Dalrymple began her career in Vaudeville appearing with James Cagney and Cary Grant in the early 1930s. She was a founding member of the American Theatre Wing the theatre service organization. She worked over the years as a personal manager for the likes of Leopold Stokowski Mary Martin Jose Iturbi Andre Kostalanetz Nathan Milstein and Lily Pons. She began her work at City Center with its founding in 1943 serving as a board member producer and publicist. Her productions there from the 1940s through the 1960s were a revitalizing influence on the whole New York theatre scene. In 1951 Jean Dalrymple married Major-General Philip deWitt Ginder commander of the Thunderbirds in Korea. She was a friend to Presidents and entertainment personalities throughout the world. December 31, 1975. unknown