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The quote from Karajan is referred to in the final chapter of Peter Ostwald,
a friend of Gould's.  It is:

    "For the next generation [Gould] will be regarded
as an outstanding musician who combined the musical impact of his playing
technique with impeccable taste.  He created a style which led to
the future."


    The quote is footnoted as coming from John McGreevy,
ed., Glenn Gould: By HImself and His Friends, Toronto and Garden
City, NY: Doubleday, 1983, p.12


    The above book was presented to me when I graduated
in 1986, and now checking the sources, I find that the entire forward was
written by HVK, and it reads in its entirety:


    "Glenn Gould is certainly one of the greatest losses
we have suffered in recent years.  It must be over 25 years since
we made music together and became close friends.  When I heard him
play, I had a feeling that I was myself playing because his music making
appealed so exactly to my own musical sense.

    I regret that since he no longer wished to travel,
we were unable to make music and records again.

    For the next generation he will be regarded as an
outstanding example of a musician who combined the musical impact of his
playing technique with impeccable taste.  He created a style which
led the way to the future.

    I shall never forget our collaboration."

                                       
- Salzburg, February 1983

 


I hope this helps!  (GG will be 66 years old on Sept 25.) 
Good luck!

 

 


randall smith wrote:

Thanks to all who have sent me suggestions for our
BBC Glenn Gould Night

idea. Good to have your support - I'm getting through individual replies

slowly!


I'm just trying a first stab at writing the treatment (ie why this would

be a great way of spending the company's money) to send give to our

controller.


I remember that in one of the recent books about Gould there is a

complimentary quote about him from Karajan, and since people in senior

positions in companies always seem to love HVK I thought I'd use it
as a

heading.


PROBLEM: All my books are at home and my girlfriend is out. Does anyone

happen to have the one by the Doctor with the blue cover (the book
not

the doctor of course) to hand and could look up HVK in the index and

send me the quote?? I'm pretty sure it's that one, though it could
be

the Freidrich. I'll be working away here for another hour or so...


Thanks!


ps: My brief also includes the line "Themed evenings introduced by

leading cultural figures are especially welcomed" - anyone know any
of

the above who might be interested in the project? Edward Said??


Thanks again.


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