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Hi!
Denis Dutton is a *sometime* f_min(er), yes. He's most known to
Gouldians I suppose for his article _Glenn Gould by himself and his
Friends_ which I've posted on the f_minor site aeons ago and is due for
some reformating. He's editor of the scholarly journal _Philosophy in
Literature_ (which has its own prominant mailing list) and is a
professor in New Zealand. He's pretty outspoken about his distaste for
the Helfgott media blitz. Dutton saw GG perform live so I'm assuming
his comments about the fact that GG did not hum come from personal
viewing experience. I've heard many more people who also saw GG say he
DID hum.
-MJ
Neil Tingley wrote:
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> On Fri, 23 May 97 16:12:20 +1000, you wrote :
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> >I recently found the following in The Spectator (no relation to the
> >American Spectator but, I hear, of the same high standard), published in
> >London. Anyone know who Dennis Dutton is? Is he an f-miner? If not, why
> >not? My apologies for the length of the article but (a) DD is obviously a
> >keen GG fan, (b) there was a Helfgott thread on the f-minor list a couple
> >of months ago, (c) DD mentions the dreaded Rach... word (ditto re
> >threads), and (d) this is one of the best-written reviews of a living
> >person I have read for some time -- so, there should be enough there to
> >interest most of the people on this list. Is DD correct in saying that
> >Gould never sang during live concerts?
>
> I thought I read the Spectator this week but obviously not thoroughly enough. It
> may be available on-line. The Speccy is a high brow, weekly news, culture and
> current affairs magazine, much in vogue as THE right of centre political organ.
> Articles and reviews are usually contributed by leading writers in the language,
> and some regualr columns have achieved mythic status (low life by the late Jeff
> Bernard for example became the subject of a play).
>
> GG sang lustily during live performances by the way.
>
> Neil
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