Jocelyn Wang <[log in to unmask]>

>As Dave has correctly pointed out, the fact that we may listen differently
>is irrelevant to the issue of dispensing or observing repeats.  Keeping the
>repeats does not reduce the work to a "musical curiosity," it keeps it
>alive in the structure the composer intended.

And I agree.  For me it is a matter of sctructural balance.  If a composer
didn't write the repeats, the gravity point of the movement is often a bit
adjusted too.

Mats Norrman
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