David Runnion <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Say, I was thinking in a rehearsal yesterday, if it's ok to eliminate
>repeats in a Beethoven symphony, would it be ok to add a repeat in a
>Mozart trio? We're working on the K. 542, E major.  I find every bar,
>every note, breathtakingly beautiful.  ...
>
>Sadly, the recapitulation of the first movement lacks a repeat sign.  I'd
>sort of like to repeat it.  Could this be a printers' error? Are we sure
>that Mozart intended the section to be unrepeated?

It goes to show that repeats were not automatic, and that composers of
Mozart's caliber had reasons for putting them in beyond mere convention.
Go ahead and check for a printer's error, but, if there is no such error,
play it as Mozart wrote it.  To do otherwise is to tamper where no one has
any business tampering.

-Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series
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