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

>Don't most minuet/gigue movements have "da capo senza repitizione" written
>in? Isn't that standard performance practice?

Some have the "senza repitizione" (w/o repeats) instruction written by the
composer, some don't.  The problem is when the performers or conductor
decides to overrule the composer and omit the repeats in the da capo
despite the absence of that instruction, thereby creating an inauthentic
and therefore bogus performance.

-Jocelyn Wang
Culver Chamber Music Series