Hi everyone,
I am now working for a new Japanese edition
of _Glenn Gould, Music and Mind_ by the late Geoffrey Payzant,
and checking the content.
I am looking for the souce of the following passage:
"In 1975 he [Glenn Gould] volunteered the information that _The Solitude
Trilogy_ is an autobiographical statement, or at least that it is as close
to an autobiographical statement as he expects ever to come on radio."
Geoffrey Payzant, _Glenn Gould, Music and Mind_ (Toronto: Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1978), p.139 (footnote).
There is no note for the footnote by Payzant, so the 1975 source where GG
claimed that
his _Solitude Trilogy_ was autobiographical cannot be identified.
Gould's texts published in 1975 are:
"Glenn Gould Talks Back"(_Toronto Star_ Feb.15, 1975)
"Krenek,...Ernst Who?."(Toronto _Globe and Mail_, July 19, 1975)
"The Grass Is Always Greener in the Outtakes"
(High Fidelity, 25, August 1975).
I don't find any related passages in these texts.
Perhaps an article written in 1975 by someone else quoted
Gould's comment. Does anyone of you happen to know?
As far as I know, the following discourse shows
that the documentaries are autobiographical:
"g.g.: [...] After all, you did create "The Idea of North" as a metaphoric
comment and not as a factual documentary.
G.G.: That's quite true. Of course, most of the documentaries have dealt
with isolated situations--Arctic outposts, Newfoundland outposts, Menno-
nite enclaves, and so on. g.g.:Yes, but they've dealt with a community in
isolation.
G.G.: That's because my magnum opus is still several drawing boards away.
g.g.: So they are autobiographical drafts?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
G.G.: That, sir, is not for me to say."
"Glenn Gould Interviews Glenn Gould about Glenn Gould,"
in Tim Page, ed., _The Glenn Gould Reader_ (New York: Knopf, 1983),
pp.325-6.
Do you think _this_ is the very source for the reference?
It appeared in _High Fidelity_ vol.24, no.2 (February 1974),
and, in fact, Payzant make a reference to the same text
in the book.
So, if any one of you identify the source of
Payzant's reference on Gould's "biographical statement,"
please let me know. I would be grateful.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Junichi
P.S. Recently, I took a Ph.D. on my Gould studies at the University of
Tokyo.
Thank you for all the f_minor people who helped me
to understand Gouldian texts and share various ideas.
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Junichi Miyazawa, Tokyo
http://www.walkingtune.com
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