David Simmons wrote:
>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).
Sorry, David. Leinsdorf sometimes used one, sometimes didn't. I saw him
in 1963 or so with the BSO doing the Mahler 1 sans baton.
Bill S