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