R: Gould as Christian Existentialist

[madiva <madiva@working.it>]

I agree! Gould was a Puritan, he refused any trivial distraction, his life
was devoted at Music, at profound think as a Religion.
Gould was a " mistic, philosophical man and musician"

Regards

Valeria Massari
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Subject: Gould as Christian Existentialist


>     I'd like to invite reactions to a thought.
>     I have the definite impression that Glenn Gould was a Christian
> existentialist in the Soren Kierkegaardian mold. First, Gould's affinity
with
> Bach and rejection of Mozart (an Enlightenment figure) suggest a religious
> orientation.  Second, Gould lived like Kierkegaard did, and I suspect
> suffered in much the same way.