The Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director was first presented in 1948, and later discontinued after 1964.

Awards and nominations

1940s

• 1948: Max Meth ? Finian's Rainbow
• 1949: Max Meth ? As the Girls Go

1950s

• 1950: Maurice Abravanel ? Regina
• 1951: Lehman Engel ? The Consul
• 1952: Max Meth ? Pal Joey
• 1953: Lehman Engel ? Wonderful Town and Gilbert and Sullivan Season
• 1955: Thomas Schippers ? The Saint of Bleecker Street
• 1956: Hal Hastings ? Damn Yankees
  • Salvatore Dell'Isola ? Pipe Dream
  • Milton Rosenstock ? The Vamp
• 1957: Franz Allers ? My Fair Lady
  • Herbert Greene ? The Most Happy Fella
  • Samuel Krachmalnick ? Candide
• 1958: Herbert Greene ? The Music Man
  • Max Goberman ? West Side Story
• 1959: Salvatore Dell'Isola ? Flower Drum Song
  • Jay Blackston ? Redhead
  • Lehman Engel ? Goldilocks
  • Gershon Kingsley ? La Plume de Ma Tante

1960s

• 1960: Frederick Dvonch ? The Sound of Music
  • Abba Bogin ? Greenwillow
  • Lehman Engel ? Take Me Along
  • Hal Hastings ? Fiorello!
  • Milton Rosenstick ? Gypsy
• 1961: Franz Allers ? Camelot
  • Pembrode Davenport ? 13 Daughters
  • Stanley Lebowsky ? Irma La Douce
  • Elliot Lawrence ? Bye Bye Birdie
• 1962: Elliot Lawrence ? How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
  • Pembrode Davenport ? Kean
  • Herbert Green ? The Gay Life
  • Peter Matz ? No Strings
• 1963: Donald Pippin ? Oliver!
  • Jay Blackton ? Mr. President
  • Anton Coppola ? Bravo Giovanni
  • Julius Rudel ? Brigadoon
• 1964: Shepard Coleman ? Hello, Dolly!
  • Lehman Engel ? What Makes Sammy Run?
  • Charles Jaffe ? West Side Story
  • Fred Werner ? High Spirits

References

• http://www.broadwayworld.com/tonyawardscategoryinfo.cfm?catname=Conductor%20and%20Musical%20Director