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Hi, list members:
Although I think (and personally I've experienced) that with
some further information music can give an extra amount of pleasure, I also
think that too much information can turn into a serious nonsense.
You know, it happens with movies (specially nowadays, with
DVD). Often you find featurettes and "How it was done" that are the only
interesting thing around.
If you go to the movies, you "obviously" want to see THE
MOVIE. You reasonably tolerate some comments, but if the featurette is longer,
or more interesting than the movie, that's the end of it.
Curiously, this happens to be not so obvious when it comes to
"serious" music.
Sometimes I think that with low prices and massive consume,
classical music is available to anyone who wants to approach.
So here comes some pathologig need for scholarship for the
sake of scholarship itself.
So here cmos the "expert" and whispers: "Yes, you can listen
to this music....But can you analyze it from a technical point of
view, and taking in account the Russian Piano School as a comparative
reference...AAAAAAHHHHHHH, GOTTCHA!!"
I think that people who likes Gould's playing are above this
kind of stupidity, regardless of the musical knowledge they have. This makes me
a little surprised about the importance it seems to have the issue to at least
some members (WARNING: I'm NOT banning the issue, I'm even taking part of
it).
With all due respect, in certain point, I'm glad if Gould was
NOT a scholar...otherwise, we would have tons of literature to read on how
to play music, and much, much less music to listen. :o)
Pablo
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