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Fritz Reiner (1888-1963) led orchestras in Europe and the Americas, including those in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Philip Hart, a colleague of his at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, draws on archives in America and Europe as well as his own contacts and knowledge, to produce this study.

Table of Contents
Reiner Frigyes; Florence on the Elbe; orchestra buider; an expanding career; teacher; opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra; lean years; Pittsburgh challenge; new directions; the Metropolitan Opera; the road to Chicago; Chicago triumph; Reiner's music; ""unfeasible""; finale.

Fritz Reiner A Biography

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 2/28/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810114630, 978-0810114630
      ISBN10: 0810114631

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Fritz Reiner (1888-1963) led orchestras in Europe and the Americas, including those in Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Chicago. Philip Hart, a colleague of his at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, draws on archives in America and Europe as well as his own contacts and knowledge, to produce this study.

      Table of Contents
      Reiner Frigyes; Florence on the Elbe; orchestra buider; an expanding career; teacher; opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra; lean years; Pittsburgh challenge; new directions; the Metropolitan Opera; the road to Chicago; Chicago triumph; Reiner's music; ""unfeasible""; finale.

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