first conductor utilize wooden baton keep time practice still generally use today prominent conductors use baton include pierre boulez kurt masur james conlon yuri temirkanov leopold stokowski vasily safonov eugene ormandy period dimitri mitropoulos composers hector berlioz richard wagner attained greatness conductors wrote two earliest essays dedicated subject berlioz considered first virtuoso conductor wagner largely responsible shaping conductor 's role one imposes view piece onto
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