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Re: Gould, State of Wonder article



At 12:53 PM 12/11/2002 -0500, you wrote:
On Salon today, a brief piece with audio:

http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2002/11/12/gould/index.html

.. and what a disappointing review - filled with factual inaccuracies:
The 48-year-old Gould, who had never rerecorded any piece,
and,
Still, Gould couldn't resist making some changes, like repeating verses, a
technique Bach did not approve of
I think the reviewer means the opposite! The other funny things is how the
review concentrates on the idol of Gould, rather than anything about the
recordings other than they are different.
Interesting?

Bruce Petherick
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