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- Birth nameReiner Frigyes
- Fritz Reiner was born on December 19, 1888 in Budapest, Hungary. He was an actor, known for The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Dead Poets Society (1989) and I.Q. (1994). He was married to Carlotta Irwin, Berthe Gerster-Gardini, Elca Jelacin and Charlotte Benedict. He died on November 15, 1963 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesCarlotta Irwin(April 23, 1930 - November 15, 1963) (his death)Berthe Gerster-Gardini(1921 - 1930) (divorced)Elca Jelacin(1911 - 1920) (divorced, 2 children)Charlotte Benedict (1 child)
- Tiny, almost imperceptible conducting gestures rather than big, broad ones like most other conductors.
- A "Young People's Concerts" program that Leonard Bernstein dedicated to his conducting teachers was temporarily interrupted to announce that Reiner had died during the taping of the program.
- Reiner commissioned "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture," an arrangement by Robert Russell Bennett of music from George Gershwin's opera.
- Reiner conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra from 1938 to 1948.
- Reiner first came to the United States in 1922. From 1922 to 1931 he was conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
- Reiner was conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1953 until 1962. He was the first conductor to make stereo recordings with that orchestra.
- People say I hate musicians. They are wrong. I only hate the bad ones.
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