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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 Catch-22 (1970). 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.
- Was a good friend of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini.
- 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.
- People say I hate musicians. They are wrong. I only hate the bad ones.
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