Tony Award / Best Conductor and Music Director

From 1948 to 1964, the Tony Awards presented the prize for the best conductor and music director .

Max Meth received this award twice, Lehman Engel was nominated 5 times. Most of the nominations without a win went to Jay Blackston , Pembrode Davenport and Milton Rosenstock with 2 nominations each.

Winner & Nominees

year	Musical work	Award winners	Other nominees
1948	The golden rainbow	Milton rose bush	no
1949	As the Girls Go	Max meth	no
1950	Regina	Maurice Abravanel	no

year	Musical work	Award winners	Other nominees
1951	The consul	Lehman angel	no
1952	Pal Joey	Max meth	no
1953	Wonderful Town and Gilbert and Sullivan Season	Lehman angel	no
1955	The Saint of Bleecker Street	Thomas Schippers	no
1956	Damn Yankees	Hal Hastings	Salvatore Dell'Isola for Pipe Dream Milton Rosenstock for The Vamp
1957	My fair lady	Franz Allers	Herbert Greene for The Most Happy Fella Samuel Krachmalnick for Candide
1958	The Music Man	Herbert Greene	Max Groberman for West Side Story
1959	Flower drum song	Salvatore Dell'Isola	Jay Blackston for Redhead Lehman Engel for Goldilocks Gershon Kingsley for La Plume de Ma Aunt
1960	The Sound of Music	Frederick Dvonch	Abba Bogin for Greenwillow Lehman Engel for Take Me Along Hal Hastings for Fiorello! Milton rose bush for Gypsy

year	Musical work	Award winners	Other nominees
1961	Camelot	Franz Allers	Pembrode Davenport for 13 Daughters Stanley Lebowsky for Irma La Douce Elliot Lawrence for Bye Bye, Birdie
1962	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying	Elliot Lawrence	Pembrode Davenport for Kean Herbert Greene for The Gay Life Peter Matz for No Strings
1963	Oliver!	Donald Pippin	Jay Blackston for Mr. President Anton Coppola for Bravo Giovanni Julius Rudel for Brigadoon
1964	Hello, Dolly!	Shepard Coleman	Lehman Engel for What Makes Sammy Run? Charles Jaffe for West Side Story Fred Werner for High Spirits