This award-winning book, now available in paperback, is the first solid appraisal of the legendary career of the eminent Hungarian-born conductor Fritz Reiner (1888-1963). Personally enigmatic and often described as difficult to work with, he was nevertheless renowned for the dynamic galvanization of the orchestras he led, a nearly unrivaled technical ability, and high professional standards. Reiner's influence in the United States began in the early 1920s and lasted until his death. Reiner was also deeply committed to serious music in American life, especially through the promotion of new scores. In Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet, Kenneth Morgan paints a very real portrait of a man who was both his own worst enemy and one of the true titans of his profession.

| Contents Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Man and the Musician 2. Early Years in Europe 3. Cincinnati 4. Teaching at Curtis 5. A Guest Conductor in the 1930s 6. Pittsburgh 7. At the Met 8. Chicago 9. The Recorded Legacy 10. Reiner the Interpreter Appendix: Timings of Recordings by Reiner Notes Discography: Reiner on Compact Disc Bibliography Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Reiner, Fritz, 1888-1963, Conductors (Music) United States Biography| Recipient of an ASCAP Deems Taylor award in the classical music category (2006). — ASCAP
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Kenneth Morgan is a professor of history at Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, in the United Kingdom.