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Erich Leinsdorf

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A President doesn't have a terribly long time to talk to people who are not really on the agenda.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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I was introduced to Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson. The young Congressman was very friendly.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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I was sent down to Cuba. Everything had been prepared with the help of Congressman Johnson and his staff.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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The Congressman ascertained that the consulate in Havana had numbers to feed the pigs.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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The President would usually talk to me about matters relating to the immigration problem.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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When I was introduced to Johnson he was a freshman Congressman.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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When I was to come to Washington the first time as Music Director of the Boston Symphony, Mrs. Johnson phoned us to find out if they could give us a party and who we would like to meet.


— Erich Leinsdorf


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About Erich Leinsdorf






Did you know about Erich Leinsdorf?

In 1962 he was named music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Leinsdorf was the principal conductor of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra from 1947 to 1955. He made a number of recordings with the Los Angeles Philharmonic for Capitol.

He performed and recorded with leading orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States and Europe earning a reputation for exacting standards as well as an acerbic personality. Erich Leinsdorf (born Erich Landauer) (February 4 1912 – September 11 1993) was an Austrian-born American conductor.

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