Frederick Martin "Fritz" Reiner was a prominent conductor of opera and symphonic music in the twentieth century.
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15 Facts About Fritz Reiner
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Fritz Reiner reached the pinnacle of his career while music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the 1950s and early 1960s.
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Fritz Reiner moved to the United States in 1922 to take the post of Principal Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
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Fritz Reiner become a naturalized citizen in 1928, and began to teach at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia.
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Fritz Reiner then spent several years at the Metropolitan Opera, where he conducted a historic production of Strauss's Salome in 1949, with the Bulgarian soprano Ljuba Welitsch in the title role, and the American premiere of Igor Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress in 1951.
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Fritz Reiner conducted and made a recording of the famous 1952 Metropolitan Opera production of Bizet's Carmen, starring Rise Stevens.
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In 1947, Fritz Reiner appeared on camera in the film Carnegie Hall, in which he conducted the New York Philharmonic Orchestra as they accompanied violinist Jascha Heifetz in an abbreviated version of the first movement of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto.
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Ten years later, Heifetz and Fritz Reiner recorded the full Tchaikovsky concerto in stereo for RCA Victor in Chicago.
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Fritz Reiner's music-making had been largely American-focused since his arrival in Cincinnati.
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On September 13 and 16,1963, Fritz Reiner conducted a group of New York musicians in Haydn's Symphony No 101 in D major; this was followed by September 18 and 20,1963, sessions devoted to Haydn's Symphony No 95 in C minor.
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The videos clearly show his stern, disciplined demeanor, but at the conclusion of a piece, Fritz Reiner would turn to the audience and smile at them as he bowed.
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Fritz Reiner's health deteriorated after a heart attack in October 1960.
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Fritz Reiner died in New York City on November 15,1963, at the age of 74.
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Fritz Reiner was especially noted as an interpreter of Richard Strauss and Bartok and was often seen as a modernist in his musical taste; he and his compatriot Joseph Szigeti convinced Serge Koussevitzky to commission the Concerto for Orchestra from Bartok.
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Fritz Reiner's conducting technique was defined by its precision and economy, in the manner of Arthur Nikisch and Arturo Toscanini.
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