William Strother wrote (apropos of non-baton using conductors):
>And Leinsdorf, Boulez, Mitropoulos, and (most of his later years),
>Klemperer
I beg to differ on Maestro Leinsdorf. I have a copy of his book "The
Composer's Advocate" on which the cover photo clearly shows him conducting
with a baton. The photograph appears very little older than the book (1987).
David Simmons
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