Re: GG: not quite _Time_

[Gayle Woikey <woikey@cei.net>]

Glenn Gould we all know as being different in many ways in his approach to
music; his
attitudes about concert performance for instance was unusual (he didn't like
live
performance and gave it up to spend his time in the recording studio); his way
of interpreting the music itself (very fast a lot of the time, whereas
Rosalind Tureck would
have performed the same sections s l o w l y); the way he sat at the piano.
All these
would serve to show how different he was and how different he thought, but how
much
have they influenced or changed society and it's approach to music, I wonder.
Any other opinions out there?  I would like to know more.
I wonder if Harry Partch would have qualified.  But how many have even heard
of
him?
Gayle

William Brooke wrote:

> > Got the June 8th _Time_ magazine yesterday, the one whose cover features
> > "100 Artists and Entertainers of the Century."  I tried a guessing game:
> > which classical musicians would be chosen for that category?
>
> stravinsky should probably go first. bernsteins' contributions to the
> musical
> world are perhaps more wide reaching, but so far as advancing the
> form/art
> is concerned, igor deserves double bill with their poster-boy picasso. i
> was quite dismayed to see but a meagre mention of g. gershwin, who along
> with
> stravinsky has moulded the twentieth century music scene...with
> leviathans
> like rhapsody in blue, et al, gershwin made quite a stink.
>
> it's no simple task to choose the most important artists and
> entertainers
> of any age; the poor folks at ~time~ have done a rather reasonable job,
> considering
> their typical output. i can't see throwing all of twentieth century
> opera
> into a small box in the corner of a page, manifested in one singer,
> but...
>
> as for our boy GG,
>
> > Then GG, as much for his influence on the recording industry
> > and for his thoroughly 20th-century musical approach as for his
> > performances.
>
> i might consider his "20th-century" approach a little more attuned to
> the
> 21st century...although mcluhan's communication visions (from the same
> vintage
> as prime GG) are now being actualized, it seems as though the potential
> of
> GG's intentions cannot be currently satisfied by current technologies.
> that is, putting tempo and articulation in the hands of the home
> listener, etc..
> the 1:2800 ratio has not yet changed...his ideas are still breaking.
>
> being a fan of GG, i immediately skipped the horowitz write-up. shame!
> shame!
> it's quite alright, though...even here in canada, we typically hear more
> about
> the antiquated, faded work of van cliburn (american hero) than our own,
> canadian
> content artists. bother.
>
> merry part,
>
> whillis