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Da capo sin' al segno ed allora la Coda
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 1:01 am
by pjones235
I know what this means in Italian, but I can't tell what it means in music. It's in Beethoven's
Bagatelle in D Major, Op. 119, No. 3. Does it mean to go back to the beginning, play to the sign, then play from the coda to the end?
Re: Da capo sin' al segno ed allora la Coda
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:58 am
by sbeckmesser
Yes, that's what it means in the Beethoven. There's still some controversy whether you should also take the "structural" repeats when you are taking a da capo, as you have here and in other Classical-period minuets and similar dances. My prejudice is to take the repeats unless directed by the composer to do otherwise. The scherzo of Beethoven's 7th Symph seems to play on your expectation of these repeats in its pseudo "da capo."
--Sixtus
Re: Da capo sin' al segno ed allora la Coda
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:05 am
by pjones235
Oh, Beethoven! Hmmm... I'll follow that.
Thanks!