Show n GREAT DIRECTORS SIT AND LISTEN rew Few people seem to realise that the real work of the 01 con con- conductor conductor con conductor ductor Is In the preparation the re- re re rehearsal of the music Of course courso In cry In ery ery Intricate composition the play play- players players players ers are aro grateful for tor the skilled help of the keen musical mind and the accurate baton of the master con con- conductor conductor con conductor ductor but In a 0 great many In- In Instances instanCes In Instances stances where the work has been prepared with great care caro or where the players know the Intention Of at atthe the conductor the baton Is largely unnecessary tho the great conductor used to delight C In sitting fitting 10 down doan nand and hear henr- henrIng hearing hearing ing his orchestra play by Itself without a 0 a conductor Mendelssohn did much of the same name thing It Is said that he lie would seldom beat more than the first section of six six- sixteen sixteen six sixteen teen measures of a movement mo from froma a symphony or an overture and then would put down his baton take I a comfortable seat and enjoy tho work ork applauding with the tho |