# Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director

The Tony Award for Best Conductor and Musical Director was awarded to acknowledge the contributions of conductors and musical directors in both musicals and operas. The award was first presented in 1948, and later discontinued after 1964.

## Winners and nominees
### 1940s

| Year | Author | Production |
| 1948 2nd Tony Awards |
| 1948 2nd Tony Awards | Milton Rosenstock | Finian's Rainbow |
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards |
| 1949 3rd Tony Awards | Max Meth | As the Girls Go |

### 1950s

| Year | Author | Production |
| 1950 4th Tony Awards |
| 1950 4th Tony Awards | Maurice Abravanel | Regina |
| 1951 5th Tony Awards |
| 1951 5th Tony Awards | Lehman Engel | The Consul |
| 1952 6th Tony Awards |
| 1952 6th Tony Awards | Max Meth | Pal Joey |
| 1953 7th Tony Awards |
| 1953 7th Tony Awards | Lehman Engel | Gilbert and Sullivan Season and Wonderful Town |
| 1954 8th Tony Awards |
| 1954 8th Tony Awards | Louis Adrian | Kismet |
| 1955 9th Tony Awards |
| 1955 9th Tony Awards | Thomas Schippers | The Saint of Bleecker Street |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | Hal Hastings | Damn Yankees |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | Salvatore Dell'Isola | Pipe Dream |
| 1956 10th Tony Awards | Milton Rosenstock | The Vamp |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | Franz Allers | My Fair Lady |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | Herbert Greene | The Most Happy Fella |
| 1957 11th Tony Awards | Samuel Krachmalnick | Candide |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards | Herbert Greene | The Music Man |
| 1958 12th Tony Awards | Max Goberman | West Side Story |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | Salvatore Dell'Isola | Flower Drum Song |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | Jay Blackton | Redhead |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | Lehman Engel | Goldilocks |
| 1959 13th Tony Awards | Gershon Kingsley | La Plume de Ma Tante |

### 1960s

| Year | Author | Production |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | Frederick Dvonch | The Sound of Music |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | Abba Bogin | Greenwillow |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | Lehman Engel | Take Me Along |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | Hal Hastings | Fiorello! |
| 1960 14th Tony Awards | Milton Rosenstock | Gypsy |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | Franz Allers | Camelot |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | Pembroke Davenport | 13 Daughters |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | Elliot Lawrence | Bye Bye Birdie |
| 1961 15th Tony Awards | Stanley Lebowsky | Irma La Douce |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | Elliot Lawrence | How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | Pembroke Davenport | Kean |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | Herbert Greene | The Gay Life |
| 1962 16th Tony Awards | Peter Matz | No Strings |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | Donald Pippin | Oliver! |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | Jay Blackton | Mr. President |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | Anton Coppola | Bravo Giovanni |
| 1963 17th Tony Awards | Julius Rudel | Brigadoon |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | Shepard Coleman | Hello, Dolly! |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | Lehman Engel | What Makes Sammy Run? |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | Charles Jaffe | West Side Story |
| 1964 18th Tony Awards | Fred Werner | High Spirits |

## Award records
### Multiple wins
#### 2 Wins

* Franz Allers
* Lehman Engel
* Max Meth