Conductor Rudolph Ganz resigned last week from the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. For six years he had held his post, apparently with steadily mounting prestige. It is true that experts found him technically deficient in the details of baton wielding. Yet there was no disputing his interpretive ability, especially in rendition of the moderns. In rehearsal, he is known to have been exquisitely concerned with the most minute details of instrumental emphasis, phrasing, balance. His musicians were devoted. His audience was receptive. Yet he quit because the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra...
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