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'More!' The surprising history of the encore

Jeremy Nicholas
Monday, January 12, 2015

Jeremy Nicholas explores the history of the encore and why there is a fine line between delighting the audience and boring them to tears

Josef Hofmann plays an encore at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 1937
Josef Hofmann plays an encore at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 1937

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