Leroy Curtis wrote:

>I believe it was not uncommon for movements to be encored, either.  I'm
>sure I have read of this in contemporary reviews of Haydn's London
>concerts.

At the premiere of Beethoven's Seventh Symphony, for example, the audience
apparently demanded to hear the entire funeral march movement again.
Perhaps I'm a light-weight, but I would have asked for the scherzo!

John Halbrooks
[log in to unmask]