At 4:52 PM -0400 4/3/10, Kim Patrick Clow wrote:
Hi everyone:
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? 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).
Thanks for any suggestions.
Kim
Good question, Kim. My understanding is that through the end of the
18th century, what we would consider repeat marks were sometimes used
simply as dividers in the music to separate sections without
necessarily indicating required repeats. That could be the case
here. Or, of course, the intent might be to repeate the B section
before taking the da capo, even though there's no "repeat mark" at
the end of the B section. Musically and tonally, either would work
just fine.
David Fenton may have thoughts on this.
Are you taking the (same) repeat mark at the end of the A section as
indicating a true repeat? Why or why not?
John
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