Re: GG -- like the rest of us?

[ptaussig@bcn.net (peter taussig)]

On Mon, 7 Oct 96 Tim Conway wrote:
>Did Gould's technical abilities stop 'improving' at some age, or did he
>continue to extend them throughout his life? Perhaps -- perish the
>thought -- middle age cramped his style and prevented him from repeating
>the feats of his 20s and 30s; that is, after GG passed some climactic
>point his skills started deteriorating with increasing age.
>
>It would be nice to think that GG was at least a little like the rest of
>us. Perhaps f-minor members have some thoughts on the subject.

Tim, listen to Var. 26  (cut N0.27) in the 1982 Goldberg Variations to put
your mind at rest. No, his technique was no more an issue for him at 50
then it was at 20. Gould's technique was never in the fingers but in the
mind, and his mind like good wine got better and better with age.
Peter Taussig

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