Re: Gould's 1st contrapunctus

[Jim Morrison <jim_morrison@sprynet.com>]

Sean wrote

>. And of course, so
> much has been said about GG's vocalizations and gestures...I won't
continue
> to bore the list with the research I've done regarding his
> conducting-while-playing and the transcriptions of his vocalizations,

oh please Sean, don't tease us like that.  What kind of research have you
been doing, and who better to share it with than this list?  Any thoughts on
reconciling the idea that the visual aspects of a performance can help the
appreciation of the musical experience (to which I add, of course it can,
though I see how the subject can quickly get complicated)  with Gould's
attitude towards concerts, his renunciation of the stage.  Certainly
performing music requires attention to the body, so why not, I imagine some
reasoning must go, attend to this area while listening to music?

How about Richter's late performances where the theater was almost totally
dark except for a light on the score that also spilled over onto the
keyboard?


And just what the heck were you doing hanging out with Monsaingeon, who
recently had a book he worked on called Sviatoslav Richter : Notebooks and
Conversations published in the States.  Anyone seen it?  I know I was very
impressed with Monsaingeon film on Richter "The Enigma."

Jim