ENCORING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —May I say a word on the matter of encoring orchestral items. When this occurs it is impossible for the conductor to repeat the whole performance, as this would occupy too much time. He is, therefore, reduced to the necessity of either ignoring the demand or of repeating some part of the piece to the conclusion. That is, he must again play the climax of the piece, omitting the major part of what has led up to it—this is to create an anti-climax, just as much as if at the end of a tragedy Othello or Hamlet were' to oblige the audience by dying again. I hope those of your readers will in future accept this view, and that we shall be spared encores, as far as the orchestral items are concerned. —I am, etc.,, MUSICTJS.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 171, 19 July 1907, Page 3
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143ENCORING ORCHESTRAL MUSIC. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 171, 19 July 1907, Page 3
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