Reiner

[rahy-ner]

noun

1. Fritz, 1888–1963, Hungarian conductor in the U.S.

Example Sentences

Mr. Quinones gives us a concise biography of Jacobs and tells us how, during Jacobs’s student days at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, the school’s orchestra conductor, Fritz Reiner, would send a chauffeur to pick up Jacobs and his tuba.

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“We were now on a list of films that included ‘Citizen Kane,’ ‘Casablanca,’ ‘On the Waterfront,’ and ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ ” Mr. Reiner writes.

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But, Mr. Reiner explains, it was a tall order to persuade financiers of the possibilities of an imitation documentary about a nonexistent band.

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“I don’t think they knew what heavy metal music was,” recalls Karen Murphy, Mr. Reiner’s producing partner.

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Finally, Mr. Reiner prevailed upon Norman Lear—once his boss on “All in the Family,” then the head honcho of Embassy Pictures—to provide backing.

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