On 3 Apr 2010 at 16:52, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:

> I have a question about a Rondeau that I'm currently editing.
> 
> Here is a screenshot of the movement:
> http://i42.tinypic.com/68xwz9.jpg
> 
> The first section makes sense, but Graupner starts the next section
> with a repeat bar. But that section really doesn't get played again.
> The da capo tells you to go back to play "A" and then you start at the
> next section ("C"). Should I really include the repeat bar at the
> beginning of the "B" section? 

Nope -- totally common notational convention. It doesn't invariably 
indicate a repeat at all.

> My hunch is that's Graupner way of
> notating a different section, although I don't know why he just didn't
> use a double bar (and he uses them in his music).

Well, usually, the rondeau theme *is* repeated the first time, though 
not on subsequent appearances, so he needed it for the first repeat, 
but casually put a double repeat in instead of a one-sided one. 
There's no closing repeat bar or rubric for it, so you just disregard 
the beginning repeat there. So, where the MS has this:

  :||:

...you simply engrave:

  :||

This is bog-standard notational loosness in lots of repertory both 
before and after the Graupner.

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