Re: F_MINOR Digest - 21 Aug 2000 to 22 Aug 2000 (#2000-81)

[Jeremy Smith <jcsmith3@math.uiuc.edu>]

Dear list,

I think what Daniel Baldwin says is correct, but I also am certain I once
read a quotation of GG where he denied all the Szell stories.  He says
something like "if Szell had spoken to me the way people say, he would
have been looking for another soloist".  I'm sorry I can't remember which
GG-related book this was in, but it would be one of the standard ones.

Jeremy Smith



On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> Date:    Tue, 22 Aug 2000 16:53:08 -0400
> From:    "Baldwin, Daniel" <baldwin@BAERMARKS.COM>
> Subject: Re: Help with story about GG.
>
> I believe the conductor in question was George Szell, with the Cleveland
> Orchestra,and that the anecdote is related in the Gould biography by Otto
> Friedrich, with the source being a violinist in the orchestra. Fellow
> f-minors -- please correct me if I am wrong.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nemesio Valle, III [mailto:nevst3@IMAP.PITT.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 4:32 PM
> To: F_MINOR@EMAIL.RUTGERS.EDU
> Subject: Help with story about GG.
>
>
> Dear list,
>         I have had ENORMOUS trouble finding the source for a
> particular story I heard about Glen(n) Gould that I am sure I read
> somewhere in the many biographies.  In it, Gould annoys a conductor
> during the rehearsal of a concerto by dancing during the exposition
> (when he is not playing).  Then, immediately before his entrance he
> slides into his seat, just in time to play.  (I believe that this
> story is in conjunction with the previous annoyance of the conductor
> in that he adjusted his seat for a long time before the rehearsal
> could begin).
>
>         In particular, I need a citation for this story in any of the
> biographical literature.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I thank you all very much in advance,
> Nemesio Valle, III
> --
> Nemesio Valle, III
> University of Pittsburgh
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> "The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of
> adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a
> state of wonder and serenity."
>                 Glenn Gould
>
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