Hi Omer,
Surely Ed will appreciate that you've taken the time to say a word on his
work.
I'm of the opinion of defending our musical ideas making music rather than
with words, so I won't say much here...
About Milán:
He doesn't say anything on repeating or not, but he is definitively flexible
about many other things all over his book, so I don't see a reason for not
repeating.
Hoppy Smith does it, for instances even only with one part of the piece, and
it can be an interesting effect (in case you do have something to say, of
course).
As for the fantasia as a story, let's go back to Milán: "solo procede de la
fantasía e industria del autor que la hizo", which means that has no other
origin that the author's imagination, and therefore there's no much
restrictions about how we can face them today. Not in Milán's book, at
least.
We can do pretty much whatever we want with it, and there's no rules for
breaking chords, dynamics or anything like that. There's nothing proper or
correct... A simple matter of taste, I'm afraid.
Milán gently offered to amateur players some tips on rubato, for example,
which should be taken as a "mind opener", rather than a guide to play music
in a very specific way (wish my English was better, sorry).
Best,
Ariel.
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