Composers often call for repeats , in their music, for whole sections of their pieces to be played twice. And the question is: what’s the point? One answer is that the repeat helps the listener remember the musical material. But more important, I think, is that the second time through a section always has different meaning, and meanings , precisely because we’ve already heard it once. A return —no matter if it’s to a person, a place, or an experience—always feels very different from a first