Re: GG: Charles Rosen's Goldbergs

[Robert Clements <clemensr@mailhost.world.net>]

At 16:08 11/1/1997 +0000, Alun Severn wrote:
>
>This makes me think -- for the first time -- that GG was actually a
>romantic searching for an unromantic 'sound' within a romantic
>interpretation?

I know that the description seems completely counterintuitive; but in many
ways, GG was the _ultimate_ Romantic artist. Hearing his sound some kind of
precursor to the modern HIP approach misses GG's point (transcendentalism;
rather than recreation).

All the best,


Robert Clements
clemensr@mailhost.world.net