Northwestern University Press, 1996 Cloth: 978-0-8101-1125-7 | Paper: 978-0-8101-1463-0 | eISBN: 978-0-8101-3306-8 Library of Congress Classification ML422.R38H37 1994 Dewey Decimal Classification 784.2092
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Thirty years after his death, Fritz Reiner's contribution--as a conductor, as a teacher (of Leonard Bernstein, among others), and as a musician--continues to be reassessed. Music scholar and long-time friend Philip Hart has written the definitive biography of this influential figure.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Phillip Hart, Reiner's colleague at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and friend until his death, has worked in music administration at The Juilliard School and with orchestras in Chicago, Portland, and Seattle. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
REVIEWS
"Most admirable in this obvious labor of devotion--research began in 1983--is the minutiae unearthed, out of which Hart has reconstructed a career that ought to have been globally stellar but for Reiner's willful and repeated refusals to cooperate." --Chicago Tribune
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"[A] detailed and painstakingly researched study which reveals a full and powerful portrait of Reiner as both man and musician." --International Classical Record Collector
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"Philip Hart, who knew [Reiner] well, is an ideal biographer, admiring yet cognizant of his subject's darker side." --Notes
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Preface
I. Reiner Frigyes
II. Florence on the Elbe
III. Orchestra Builder
IV. An Expanding Career
V. Teacher
VI. Opera and the Philadelphia Orchestra
VII. Lean Years
VIII. Pittsburgh Challenge
IX. New Directions
X. The Metropolitan Opera
XI. The Road to Chicago
XII. Chicago Triumph
XIII. Reiner's Music
XIV. "Unfeasible"
XV. Finale
Epilogue: Wills and Trusts
Acknowledgments
Notes
Appendix A: Fritz Reiner's Recordings
Appendix B: Fritz Reiner's Repertory
Bibliography
Index
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