Re: (Fwd) G.G:Gould at work

["L. Lalonde" <llalonde@lightspeed.net>]

T.J. WATT wrote:
> 
> Forwarded message:
> From:     Self <LUCS-H22/MUS3TJW>
> To: f-minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: G.G:Gould at work
> Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 15:59:14 GMT
> 
> Hi, I just joined the list yesterday and was delighted to find a list
> dedicated to Glenn Gould.
> I am a  finalist (Music) at Leeds University, England, writng my
> dissertation about Gould's "live music prophecies". I've managed to
> collect the standard Gould books; 'Music and Mind',' Life and
> Variations', 'The Glenn Gould Reader' etc etc, but, being in Britain,
> alot of Gould books are hard, if not impossible, to find.
> The British Library only stock the german traslation of Kazdin's
> 'Glenn Gould at Work'. I can order the english version from the
> Library of Congress through Inter-Library-Loans here at Leeds,
> although I've been told international searches can take up to six
> months!
> If this book is more readily available in the States, or anywhere
> else, I would be most grateful if anyone could suggest how I get hold
> of a copy. Or, (and I realise this is a terribly big request), if
> anyone out there has a copy and would like to part with it (only for
> as long as it takes me to photocopy relevant bits), I would of course
> refund postage etc in full.
> Also, does anyone know of any books by musicians that say Gould was
> wrong, that recordings DON'T represent the way forward, and that the
> concert WILL survive well into the next millenium?
> So sorry to announce my arrival on this list with a letter full of
> requests, but any help would be most greatly appreciated.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Trevor Watt.
> Leeds University.
> mus3tjw@leeds.ac.uk
> 

Mr. Watt,

First, if you do happen to find Mr. Kazdin's book, please take what he 
says with a grain of salt.

I found him to be particularly critical of Mr. Gould and apparently 
for nothing more than his feelings were hurt.  Remember, he was the 
one who did not move forward as Glenn did when he was able to obtain 
the digital technology.  Columbia then dismissed him (unfortunately, 
according to Kazdin) on a Christmas Eve.  Glenn would not speak up for 
his "friend", so Kazdin became bitter.  He would not even attend 
Glenn's funeral claiming he had to travel back and forth between 
Toronto and New York enough.  He didn't owe Glenn anything.

In response to your second question, Van Cliburn is quite an advocate 
for the concert scene and live performances (hence his very limited 
repetoire and recorded library).  He was interviewed in 1994 on a CD 
which came with his re-release of the Rachmaninov Concerto 1 and the 
"Emperor".  Where he states this directly, and in the biography, 
"Cliburn", he does say he couldn't agree with Gould and that concerts 
is what classical music was all about.  Apparently, the two did 
discuss this in one of Glenn's numerous and lengthy telephone 
conversations.

Lori Lalonde