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Re: Good Conductors
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Deryk Barker <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 21 Mar 2000 20:16:11 -0800
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Steve Schwartz ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>Actually, most first-rank orchestras don't really need a conductor, just to
>play a piece.  When Szell died, the Cleveland Orchestra gave a very moving
>account of the Mozart Symphony No. 40 with nothing on the podium but a
>wreath.

They were probably petrified in case he wasn't really dead...:-)

Deryk Barker
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