Peter Goldstein wrote: >I'm entirely new to the list, so if this is a topic that's been dealt >with in detail, I apologize. I'm interested in people's views on taking >repeats, particularly in the works of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and their >contemporaries. The best advice is to take a look in the List Archive under "Eroica Repeats" from a couple of years ago and you will find enough mails on the subject to keep you going from Pancake Tuesday to Sheffield Wednesday! Many who lived through that discussion (and I was one of them) came to refer to it off-list as "The Thread From Hell". On reflection, as much light as well as heat WAS thrown on the subject though, at the time, it seemed that the opposite was the case. I, and I would not be surprised if there are others who agree with me, said all that I ever wanted to say on the subject then. It's a fascinating topic but it is surprising just how passionate people can get about it. Tony Duggan, England. Developing Mahler survey: http://www.musicweb.force9.co.uk/music/Mahler/