Re: GG

["flavio graf" <flavio1graf@hotmail.com>]

No Mr. Klein, please, don't leave this group.
Even though I almost adore Glenn I would like to read more comments such 
as yours. You see... I love biodiversity. 
To be honest I don't give a damn for HIP. At the light of this century I 
wonder what would the virtual Bach would've done. I just have an 
independent appreciation for music and I don't care much about fidelity 
to composers ORIGINAL intentions (by the way your example with painting 
is not rigorous). 
I have this feeling that if Glenn would've met J.S., the latter would've 
write a blank check, happily.
Utopias aren?t dead, they offer some kind of stimuli, without the 
hangover.
Flavio
>
>
>Look, I'm coming from a certain aesthetic here. My musical values are 
those
>of the historically informed performance ("HIP") movement, for the most
>part. Although HIP contains ample room for individuality, one tries 
one's
>best to interpret a composer and his/her music in its historical and 
social
>context. This is seen as a kind of social contract, as Christopher 
Hogwood
>put it, between performer and composer. Of course this can't be done 
with
>complete certainty, but one makes an honest effort in that direction, 
within
>the limits of modern musical scholarship. One doesn't paint a moustache 
on
>the Mona Lisa. 
>
>I won't speculate further about how Gould got to sound the way he did - 
but
>I think it's undeniable that listening to Gould play Bach, Beethoven,
>Mozart, or whoever, one has a sense of listening to Gould and not the 
composer. 
>
>I've lost the info on the listserver for this mailing list, but I'd be 
happy
>to oblige everyone by unsubscribing now. If someone would be so kind as 
to
>show me the door ...
>
>David Klein
>
>


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