Deryk Barker wrote:

>Q: if a composer intended a piece to be *background* music (which
>serenades, divertimentos etc.  were), would they expect all the repeats
>to be observed in a concert performance? Would they expect a concert
>performance at all?

Good heavens!  Hush, you'll wake the spirits of the night!  Between me and
you, I was even told of liturgical music being performed in concert halls
nowadays.  There are Historically Informed Priests, too.  Go figure!

Roberto Strappafelci (sorry, I just couldn't resist)