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