[f_minor] Howard Scott dies age 92

Anita Monroe rubatoatm at gmail.com
Sun Oct 7 18:50:47 MDT 2012


Hi Pat,

In this country not many people pay attention to classical music.  A very
tiny few. And nobody knows any birthdays or dates of death of ANY of them.
 A few people know about GG, but they know little about him.  It just can't
be helped.  Time marches on.

Fond regards,
Anita

On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Pat <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:

>   Indeed,  thanks to David Pelletier
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/arts/music/howard-h-scott-a-developer-of-the-lp-dies-at-92.html?_r=0
>
> ( OT: Please note that there is at least one mistake in this article. The
> first CD was introduced in October 1982 and not 1978 as the article claims.
> What’s it with journalistic standards these days ? Does Research equal
> Copy/Paste nowdays ? And that with the NYT ! )
>
>  *From:* David Pelletier <promonde at aol.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, October 07, 2012 8:11 PM
> *To:* Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.<f_minor at glenngould.org>
> *Cc:* Discussion of the Canadian pianist Glenn Gould.<f_minor at glenngould.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [f_minor] GG on DRS2, german radio feature
>
>  Howard Scott died yesterday
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 7, 2012, at 12:52 PM, "Pat" <pzumst at bluewin.ch> wrote:
>
>    Dear all
>
> For those of you who can speak or understand german (don’t look at me,
> it’s my second lingo) there will be a feature about him on Switzerland’s
> public broadcasting radio station DRS 2 (mainly classical music, arts,
> Jazz, ecclectic stuff like theatre, Janacek Operas and roundtable debates
> on the late Debussy) next week.
>
> Details are here:
>
> http://www.drs2.ch/www/de/drs2/sendungen/grosse-interpretationen/2660.sh10241105.html
>
> The title is apparently a pune ore play on words with Goldberg (golden
> mountain).
>
> The program will be broadcast on the 9th between 4 and 5 pm. You can
> either listen live, but there is a possiblilty that the program will later
> be available as a download. It better be, decent people work at that time !
>
> I am still a bit puzzled at the non-impact that GG’s birthday had on
> mainstream media (outside Canada). Either GG has lost the importance he
> once had or something else went horribly wrong....
>
>
> Pat
>
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