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June 9, 2001 Vancouver B.C.
Dear Peter:
No, I'm afraid I have to respectfully disagree
with you. In fact, I didn't think such Neanderthal attitudes about Karajan
still existed. By your line of reasoning Bohm and Furtwangler would have
to be equally as offensive, since they were all "Nazis". This is not the
forum to discuss certain artists' political and/or career objectives, but
evidently you have not read the Osborne book. I would strongly urge you to
do so. In any case, Glenn Gould did not appear to have found Karajan
philosophically or morally offensive, since they had collaborated physically,
and further plans for recording were thought out but never executed due to
Gould's refusal to travel. The correlation I was making between the two
was strictly on the basis of the mental approach to the creative process that,
as related in the passage from the book I mentioned, seemed to indicate a
'kindred' approach.
Sincerely,
Tim Hitchner.
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