Show TIlE THE IHO PROBLEM LEI LEISt St SL Lows Louis Times The Tho question of encores Is one that thal UIO tho conductor of oC every has hasto to with and ono one that lee he Is never nevor able to entirely solve sole to himself ns as well IlS as to his audi audience audIence ence The real difficulty lies Ilea In the fact act that have bron beon accustomed to on roo from the hearing ot of such successful as Gilmore Sousa and others and do not always take tuko Into consideration the tad tact that mis encores anti and sometimes n a good many mony ot of them are proper only for Cor a brass band and equally unsuited t J r t i ft 0 to an orchestra I There e is absolutely no reason I for an oc encore 1 in a t i n I symphony concert conceit and It Is tl I prohibited b by all leaders of Ih I orchestras on such occasions The jero I grant fot fOl a symphony concert Is con constructed constructed b by the conductor thought and care It it Is usually Intended to ta e ox press a certain Idea and to illustrate certaIn principles In music He always nines Inu to balance Its parts proportionate proportionately ly h with sufficient contrasts to interest tho different musical tastes In the audi aude audience ence Being therefore a complete en entity entity It Is distinctly unmusical and equally In bad taste to an encore Into an finished antI and program Musically It Is In indefensible defensible sInce It has no bearing upon the subject and anel no part parl In the scheme of oC presentation |