Donald Satz <[log in to unmask]> writes:

>Jocelyn Wang responds to Bill Strother:
>
>>>Why can't anyone read what is written?
>>
>>That is a rather ironic complaint coming from someone who says he doesn't
>>mind if composers disregard a repeat sign that a composer has plainly
>>written.
>
>That's quite a stretch.  Bill didn't say he wanted readers to repeat
>what he wrote, just read it carefully enough to understand it.

But he did gripe about people disregarding it.  How about reading a score
carefully enough to heed those two lines and two dots that mean "Play that
last part again?"

>There is nothing wrong with Bill or anyone else not minding if performers
>omit repeat signs; the sky will not fall, nor will classical music suffer
>for it.

People can prefer whatever grabs them, but they should acknowledge
disregarding repeats for what it is:undermining the composer's intent,
and, yes, classical music does suffer for it.

-Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series
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