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

>Jocelyn Wang wrote:
>
>>And what information, other than the consent of the composer, would
>>justify eliminating repeats?
>
>I just can't see any requirement on the artist to "justify" the lack of
>observing repeats.  The answer, so to speak, is in the performance, and
>each listener is free to make conclusions on a musical, ethical, and/or
>any other basis.

The performer does need to justify it, just as he would need to justify
playing fff where ppp was marked, accelerating during a marked ritardando,
or in any other instance of doing the exact opposite of the composer's
instructions.  However, no such justifications have been offered, because
they do not exist.

-Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series
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