Re: GG and Mozart

[Alan <alan@dorsai.dorsai.org>]

GG didn't think of WMA's late works?
	GG did or could have produced the last 3 symphonies, 39,40,41, a 
clarinet concerto and a Requiem in his final days? Or in any days?
I am truly amazed by the hubris shown on this group by deifying GG. 
Hey, he was a guy. 
He played piano.
He went bonkers, like Horowitz, afraid to face the people who made his 
career.
	***** And, he insisted that the world accept his humming and 
chair noises along with the music of Bach.
	Please all. Let's put the guy in perspective

 alan@dorsai.org
nyc/us

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On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, David Daniel wrote:

> On 26 August 1996, Eugene Selig wrote:
> 
> >he wrote an article for the now-defunct magazine 
> >"Piano Quarterly" with the title "Why Mozart is not a great composer."
> >In it, he used examples from one of the piano concertos actually, showing 
> >some modulations that would have given a harmony student a poor grade. GG 
> >was right! Keep in mind, the concertos contained far loftier writing than 
> >the sonatas, which were created mostly for M's students, while the 
> >concertos were written as perfomance vehicles for M. himself.
> 
> I agree entirely with Gould's opinions of Mozart.  I can't stand him and
> I wish he wasn't so popular.  But I remember that somewhere Gould said (about
> Mozart) something to the extent of:
> 
> "I love the early works and the middle works, it's the late works I cannot 
> stand."
> 
> I'm sure the quote is not exactly correct, but I know I have the gist of it.  
> Doesn't this go against everything GG had previously criticized about M?
> 
> -David
>