recordings of such contemporaries as Albert Coates, Fritz Reiner, and Furtwängler. As to the matter of cuts, it was the almost invariable practice in opera houses outside Bayreuth at that time. Bodanzky compares favorably with both Furtwängler and Reiner in this respect. In 1944, Szell gave a broadcast performance of Die Walküre which has been reissued on CD and which, as regards fast tempi and severity of cuts, is comparable to anything of Bodanzky's. Frida Leider praised Bodanzky's "outstanding artistry" in her autobiography, written after Bodanzky's death. Arturo Toscanini, who had supported Bodansky's appointment to the Met, was reportedly saddened by his death. Family Artur was the brother of the noted journalist and playwright Robert Bodanzky. References Bibliography External links Biography American conductors (music) American male conductors (music) Austrian conductors (music) Male conductors (music) Austrian Jews Austro-Hungarian emigrants to the United States Burials at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Conductors of the Metropolitan Opera Jewish classical musicians Jewish American classical musicians 1877 births 1939 deaths