Mimi Ezust:

>I have an edition of Haydn string quartets with a few movement's repeats
>indicated in all parts BUT the first violin.  Instead, the first violin
>part has the whole section written out full length (no repeat).  It causes
>a four- lane traffic pile-up if the lower voices do not observe that
>repeat.  The innocent first violinist usually doesn't realize there is a
>trouble spot and goes blithely along till it starts sounding terrible.  It
>is a timed I.Q test.  How quickly will some quartet member figure out the
>problem?

"I thought we were playing Schnittke..."

Stirling