Fritz Reiner and Draeseke

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according to a dismissive account in "Fritz Reiner, Maestro" by Kenneth Morgan (patly dismissive of Draeseke, not of Reiner - "The works by Draeseke and Mraczek were performed no doubt because both composers were then resident teachers at the Dresden Conservatory of Music") - some works by Draeseke were part of Fritz Reiner's repertoire, to some extent, around 1919 or so, anyway. That part's interesting at least...

(Mraczek I know of only for a piano quintet I've skimmed and partially scanned; the Oriental Sketches Reiner conducted, I've only heard of. Gobler and others mentioned by Morgan are mostly just names to me, except for Hugo Kaun who's been brought up and "sounded" here.)